An 80-year-old man has undergone a groundbreaking cardiac procedure at the Cardiocenter in Santiago de Cuba, marking an ...

Changes immediately after mitral valvuloplasty. The mean pressure declined by 4 mm. of mercury or more in all but 4 cases immediately after fracture of the valve.

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This common accompaniment of mitral stenosis was present in 67.6 per cent of the Group III patients over fifty, and this figure is significantly higher than that in younger patients (P<0.01).

In summary, balloon-catheter mitral valvuloplasty is a procedure that is well tolerated during pregnancy, is safe for the fetus, and has a high success rate in selected mothers with mitral stenosis.

Abstract A study is reported of an annual follow-up over a 15- to 20-year period of the survivors of the first 1,000 patients undergoing closed mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis. In addition to ...

The role of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMV) in the management of patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis has continued to evolve during the last 19 years. Patient selection is ...

Traditional percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty uses a large noncompliant balloon. The procedure is not usually performed in older patients with severe MS because of the risk of causing ...

The Henry Ford team performed its first IVL-enabled mitral valvuloplasty back in 2019 and completed its first published case study. Now, the team has published its first case series report on the ...