Early Hemodynamic Changes following Emergency Mitral Valve Replacement for Traumatic Mitral Insufficiency following Balloon Mitral Valvotomy

PERCUTANEOUS transvenous balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV) is widely performed for relief of symptoms in patients with pure mitral stenosis. 1 Massive mitral insufficiency may occur as a complication of this technique, necessitating urgent surgical intervention. 2 The anatomic lesions 3 and mechanism of regurgitation 2 in such patients have been reported. However, to the best of our knowledge, reports of the hemodynamic data of these patients undergoing emergency mitral valve replacement are not available.