Open AccessImmediate, early and mid-term outcomes following balloon mitral valvotomy in patients having severe rheumatic mitral stenosis with significant tricuspid regurgitation
Author(s) -
Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair,
Ajitkumar Valaparambil,
Bijulal Sasidharan,
Sanjay Ganapathi,
Arun Gopalakrishnan,
Narayanan Namboodiri,
Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-020-01012-0
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , cardiac surgery , stenosis , vascular surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , mitral regurgitation , regurgitation (circulation) , tricuspid stenosis , mitral valve stenosis , surgery
The study examined the influence of significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) on the immediate, early and mid-term outcomes of patients with severe mitral stenosis (MS) undergoing balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV).