EMERGENCY PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON MITRAL VALVOTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH SEPTIC SHOCK

We report an 18-year-old patient with severe mitral stenosis complicat ed by right lower lobe pneumonia, sepsis, and shock, intractable Iow c ardiac output led to an emergency percutaneous balloon mitral valvotom y in a patient, resulting in immediately improved hemodynamic paramete rs, We are unaware of another report of percutaneous balloon mitral va lvotomy performed in a patient with sepsis and shock, This case suppor ts previous isolated reports of the benefit from emergency percutaneou s balloon mitral valvotomy in critical situations where thoracotomy is not possible due to coexisting medical problems.