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Transcatheter mitral valve lithotripsy serves as pretreatment for PBMV in heavily calcified rheumatic mitral stenosis.
Describes the use of transcatheter mitral valve lithotripsy as a pretreatment to percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty for heavily calcified rheumatic mitral stenosis.
balloon valvuloplasty ■ lithotripsy ■ mitral valve stenosis ■ rheumatic heart disease ■ transcatheter aortic valve replacement
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Sharma et al. (2020) studied this question. Transcatheter mitral valve lithotripsy serves as a pretreatment to percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty for heavily calcified rheumatic mitral stenosis.
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