Demonstrates the feasibility of percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy in a patient with a prior surgical mitral valve repair using a Carpentier ring.
Should not change practice; leaves open feasibility and safety of percutaneous commissurotomy after prior repair.
A case of successful percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy (PMBC) in a patient who had undergone mitral valve repair with a Carpentier ring 6 years earlier is described.
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