Retrograde nontransseptal balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a purely transarterial technique for percutaneous treatment of mitral stenosis. We report the first use of this technique via the brachial artery for a patient with aortoiliac atherosclerosis, and we comment on the difficulties and perspectives of this approach.
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Outcome of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty: comparison of the inoue and retrograde non-transseptal techniques. A single-center experience.
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1st Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
Introduction: The transseptal Inoue (IN) and to a lesser extend retrograde non-transseptal (RNT) techniques are established procedures for percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PBMV) in patients with mitral stenosis. However, a head to head comparison of these two techniques, especially from a single center, has not yet been reported.
Methods: Seventy-two consecutive patients (n = 35 IN and n = 37 RNT) underwent PMBV in our clinic from October 1993 to December 1999.
Retrograde nontransseptal balloon mitral valvuloplasty by the brachial artery approach.
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Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Greece.
Retrograde nontransseptal balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a purely transarterial technique for percutaneous treatment of mitral stenosis. We report the first use of this technique via the brachial artery for a patient with aortoiliac atherosclerosis, and we comment on the difficulties and perspectives of this approach.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
October 1998
Department of Cardiology of Athens University, Hippocration Hospital, Greece.
Objectives: Our aim was to present the immediate and intermediate long-term results of the application of retrograde nontransseptal balloon mitral valvuloplasty (RNBMV) in four cooperating centers from Greece and India.
Background: RNBMV is a purely transarterial method of balloon valvuloplasty, developed with the aim to avoid complications associated with transseptal catheterization. Only single-center experience with RNBMV has been previously reported.
Effects of balloon mitral valvuloplasty on left atrial function in mitral stenosis as assessed by pressure-area relation.
J Am Coll Cardiol
July 1998
Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
Objectives: This study sought to investigate the changes induced on the pressure-area relation of the left atrium in patients with mitral stenosis after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty.
Background: Left atrial (LA) function is influenced by changes in LA afterload. The latter is increased in mitral stenosis as a result of increased resistance to blood flow imposed by the stenotic mitral valve.
Balloon mitral valvotomy: comparison between antegrade Inoue and retrograde non-transseptal techniques.
Eur Heart J
November 1997
Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Aims: The results of percutaneous mitral valvotomy performed by the antegrade transseptal method using the Inoue balloon (n = 1000; group 1) and by the retrograde non-transseptal technique using a polyethylene balloon (n = 100; group 2) were compared in a retrospective, non-randomized study.
Methods And Results: Both the groups were similar with respect to baseline characteristics. The success rate was 95% in group 1 and 93% in group 2.
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