Rapid snare sliding technique: An easy approach to difficult percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy.

ABSTRACT: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a major health hazard in most developing countries as well as sporadically in developed economies with high prevalence rates. Mitral stenosis is among the important morbid valvular conditions accounting for 25% of RHD cases. Percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy (PTMC) using Inoue balloon is the standard treatment for severe mitral stenosis with favorable Wilkins score. In certain cases it is difficult to cross mitral valve (MV) either due to dilated left atrium (LA), low septal puncture, or severe mitral valvular and subvalvular stenosis leading to prolonged procedure time or failure of PTMC procedure. We describe a case of RHD with severe mitral stenosis and dilated LA where crossing MV was difficult and successful PTMC was performed using rapid snare s

SUBMITTER: Thakur D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6149574 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature