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SUBMITTER: Karagodin I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7277047 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karagodin Ilya I Kruse Eric E Blair John E A JEA Shah Atman P AP Lang Roberto M RM
JACC. Case reports 20191218 4
A 50 year-old male with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis was deemed too high risk for surgery and referred for percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. The valvuloplasty was successful in reducing the trans-mitral gradient and improving the patient's symptoms, however was complicated by a tear in the posteromedial commissure and moderate mitral regurgitation. ...[more]