Initial experience of using intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) for guiding balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV)

BMV is an established treatment for rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. The procedure is historically guided by fluoroscopy, and the role of intracardiac echocardiogram (ICE) guidance is not well defined. We report our initial experience of using ICE to guide BMV procedures. During BMV procedure, ICE c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal Of The Saudi Heart Association 2012-01, Vol.24 (1), p.23-27
Hauptverfasser:	Ahmari, Saeed AL, Amro, Ahmed, Otabi, Mohammed AL, Abdullah, Moheeb AL, Kasab, Saad AL, Amri, Husien AL
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Balloon valvuloplasty Echocardiography Full Length Mitral stenosis
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