Long-Term Results of Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty Using the Inoue Balloon Catheter Technique | Zendy

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Long-Term Results of Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty Using the Inoue Balloon Catheter Technique

Author(s) -

Tsung O. Cheng

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.101.8.e91

Subject(s) - medicine , restenosis , percutaneous , balloon , commissurotomy , surgery , stenosis , catheter , mitral valve stenosis , cardiology , balloon catheter , mitral valvuloplasty , radiology , stent

To the Editor: I read with interest the article on long-term follow-up after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty with the Inoue balloon catheter by Hernandez et al.1 They reported a restenosis rate of 39% at 7 years.My colleagues from China and I recently reported our experience with the same technique in a follow-up study up to 11 years in the first 202 patients2 among the original 4832 patients treated in China.3 The restenosis rate was 8%, which is very respectable and actually better than that after surgical closed commissurotomy (25% …

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