Open AccessPercutaneous Balloon Versus Surgical Closed and Open Mitral Commissurotomy
Author(s) -
Mohamed Ben Farhat,
Mokdad Ayari,
Faouzi Maatouk,
Fethi Betbout,
Habib Gamra,
Mourad Jarrar,
Mabrouk Tiss,
S. Hammami,
R. Thaalbi,
Faouzi Addad
Publication year - 1998
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.97.3.245
Subject(s) - medicine , commissurotomy , mitral regurgitation , cardiology , percutaneous , balloon , stenosis , surgery , mitral valve , restenosis , cardiac catheterization , mitral valve replacement , mitral valve stenosis , stent
Percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy (BMC) has been proposed as an alternative to surgical closed mitral commissurotomy (CMC) and open mitral commissurotomy (OMC) for the management of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis (MS).
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