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Does Inoue balloon valvuloplasty improve mitral valve area safely in patients with mitral stenosis and atrial septal aneurysm?
Does Inoue balloon valvuloplasty improve mitral valve area safely in patients with mitral stenosis and atrial septal aneurysm?
Inoue balloon valvuloplasty appears feasible and effective for treating mitral stenosis even in the presence of an atrial septal aneurysm.
Should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for Inoue balloon valvuloplasty in mitral stenosis with atrial septal aneurysm.
We demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of Inoue balloon valvuloplasty in two patients with the rare combination of mitral stenosis and atrial septal aneurysm. Following the procedure, the mitral valve area increased from 1.3 cm2 to 2.7 cm2 and 1.2 cm2 to 2.6 cm2, respectively, with no major complications encountered.
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