Why the study?
Can percutaneous treatment using a septal occluder and mitral balloon catheter effectively treat Lutembacher's syndrome?
Can percutaneous treatment using a septal occluder and mitral balloon catheter effectively treat Lutembacher's syndrome?
Transcatheter therapy using a septal occluder and mitral balloon catheter is an effective alternative to surgery in selected patients with Lutembacher's syndrome.
May support percutaneous therapy in selected Lutembacher cases; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Definitive percutaneous treatment of a patient with Lutembacher's syndrome was successfully accomplished using the Amplatzer septal occluder to close a secundum atrial septal defect and the Joseph mitral balloon catheter to dilate rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. Transcatheter therapy is an effective alternative to surgery in selected patients with Lutembacher's syndrome. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 48:199-204, 1999.
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