Procedural evaluation demonstrates percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty with shockwave lithotripsy treats calcific mitral stenosis, suggesting a viable therapeutic alternative.
Calcific mitral stenosis (calcific MS) presents a challenge for surgical treatment and is a contraindication for most contemporary transcatheter mitral valve replacement devices (TMVR), rendering patients with very limited therapeutic options.
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