Why the study?
Does balloon mitral commissurotomy improve hemodynamics and clinical status at 30 days in patients with mitral stenosis?
Does balloon mitral commissurotomy improve hemodynamics and clinical status at 30 days in patients with mitral stenosis?
Balloon mitral commissurotomy provides significant short-term hemodynamic and clinical improvements in patients with symptomatic mitral stenosis, with double-balloon techniques offering larger valve areas at the cost of increased interatrial shunts.
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Supports short-term benefit of balloon mitral commissurotomy; leaves open preferred technique pending randomized data.
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