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Bedside Percutaneous Transseptal Mitral Commissurotomy under Sole Transthoracic Echocardiographic Guidance in a Critically Ill Patient
Author(s) -
Trehan Vijay K.,
Nigam Arima,
Mukhopadhyay Saibal,
Yusuf Jamal,
UmaMahesh C.R.,
Gupta Mohit D.,
Girish Menahalli Palleda,
Sharma Manish
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00212.x
Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , percutaneous , commissurotomy , balloon , stenosis , cardiology , cardiac catheterization , surgery
Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy is an effective and safe alternative to surgical treatment, in selected patients of rheumatic mitral stenosis. It is usually performed under fluoroscopic guidance in the catheterization laboratory. We report the successful performance of emergency mitral commissurotomy by the Inoue balloon at bedside under sole transthoracic echocardiographic guidance in a critically ill patient.