September 1, 1990Clinical CardiologyOpen Access

Anatomic basis for and morphologic results from catheter balloon valvuloplasty of stenotic mitral valves

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Why the study?

Does double balloon catheter valvuloplasty improve cross-sectional orifice area compared to single balloon techniques in stenotic mitral valves?

Population

Stenotic mitral valves

Comparison

Catheter balloon valvuloplasty using single or… vs Single versus double balloons

Design

Review

Authors

BWB. F. WallerUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust JVJames VantasselSt Vincent Hospital CMCharles R. McKayInterventional / Structural Cardiology

Discussion

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Implication

May support double-balloon preference in mitral stenosis; leaves open need for randomized outcome trials.

Structured PICO

Does double balloon catheter valvuloplasty improve cross-sectional orifice area compared to single balloon techniques in stenotic mitral valves?

Population

Stenotic mitral valves

Intervention

Catheter balloon valvuloplasty using single or double dilating balloons via transseptal approach

Comparator

Single versus double balloons

Outcome

Cross-sectional orifice area and luminal diametersurrogate

Double balloon catheter valvuloplasty appears to provide superior luminal diameter and cross-sectional area improvements compared to single balloon techniques for mitral stenosis.

Cite This Study

Waller et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8850a89fc8a8114e4a722e https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.4960130913

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Anatomic basis for and morphologic results from catheter balloon valvuloplasty of stenotic mitral valves

Discussion

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Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Anatomic basis for and morphologic results from catheter balloon valvuloplasty of stenotic mitral valves

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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