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Does the Inoue single balloon technique compared to the double balloon technique improve short-term hemodynamic results in patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valvotomy?
Does the Inoue single balloon technique compared to the double balloon technique improve short-term hemodynamic results in patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valvotomy?
Both the Inoue single balloon and double balloon techniques for percutaneous mitral valvotomy provide comparable and significant short-term hemodynamic improvements.
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Both techniques yield comparable short-term MVA gains; supports equivalence but leaves open randomized confirmation of long-term outcomes.
Sharma et al. (1993) studied this question.
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