Immediate and long-term results of percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy in asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patients with severe mitral stenosis

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-302

  Fawzy, Mohamed Eid ^a   Shoukri, Mohamed ^a   Hassan, Walid ^a   Badr, Amr ^a   Hamadanchi, Ali ^a   ElDali, Abdulmoniem ^a   Al Buraiki, Jehad ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Mitral valve; Rheumatic heart disease; Valvuloplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL BALLOON VALVOTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESTENOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULOTOMY;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26644454605     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20482     Document Type: Article

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