August 1, 2000Journal of Interventional Cardiology
Percutaneous Mechanical Mitral Commissurotomy with the Metallic Valvulotome: Detailed Technical Aspects and Overview of the Results of the Multicenter Registry on 882 Patients
Why the study?
Does percutaneous mechanical mitral commissurotomy with a metallic valvulotome improve mitral valve area in patients with mitral stenosis?
Population
882 patients with mitral stenosis from an international registry
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports evaluation of metallic commissurotomy in mitral stenosis; leaves open randomized comparisons to balloon techniques.
Structured PICO
Does percutaneous mechanical mitral commissurotomy with a metallic valvulotome improve mitral valve area in patients with mitral stenosis?
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Population
882 patients with mitral stenosis from an international registry
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Intervention
Percutaneous mechanical mitral commissurotomy (PMMC) using a metallic valvulotome
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Outcome
Increase in mitral valve area and procedural successsurrogate
Percutaneous mechanical mitral commissurotomy with a metallic valvulotome is a highly successful and relatively safe procedure for treating mitral stenosis, significantly increasing mitral valve area.
Cite This Study
Cribier et al. (2000) studied this question.