Acute and long-term follow-up results of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty: a single-center study

Korkmaz S., Demirkan B., Guray Y., YILMAZ M. B., Aksu T., Sasmaz H.

ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.11, no.6, pp.515-520, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/akd.2011.136
  • Journal Name: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.515-520
  • Keywords: Mitral valve stenosis, echocardiography, balloon valvuloplasty, logistic regression analysis, survival
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) is the method of choice in treatment of patients with hemodynamically significant mitral stenosis. We aimed to analyze acute and long-term clinical and echocardiographic consequences of PMBV.