Non-surgical mitral valvotomy
McCredie, R.M.; Allan, R.M.; Smith, R.
Medical Journal of Australia 152(5): 250-251
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 2255285 Document Number: 356069
Percutaneous transseptal mitral valvotomy was performed on 14 occasions in 13 patients; in one patient, the procedure was unsuccessful at the first attempt, but was repeated successfully. All other attempts were successful, giving a procedure success rate of 93% and a patient success rate of 100%. The only complication was transient diplopia in one patient, presumably due to a small cerebral embolus. This early experience confirms that this procedure is easily learnt, and can be performed with good results and low risk in selected patients with mitral stenosis.