Does the use of echocardiographic scoring and clinical predictors identify patients who will obtain the best outcome from percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty?
Echocardiographic scoring combined with clinical and morphological predictors helps identify patients most likely to benefit from percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty.
The immediate and long-term outcome of patients undergoing PMV is multifactorial. The use of the Echo-Sc in conjunction with other clinical and morphological predictors of PMV outcome allows identification of patients who will obtain the best outcome from PMV.
Palacios et al. (Tue,) studied this question.