A case series illustrating the utility of ‘over the wire’ technique and its modifications during percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy
oleh: Satish Karur, Ravindranath K S, Ravi S. Math, Laxmi H. Shetty, Natesh B H, Sunil Kumar K R, C.N. Manjunath
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2022-10-01 |
Deskripsi
The efficacy and safety of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy by the Inoue technique, in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis is well known. However, presence of left atrial/appendage thrombus or difficult LV entry entails the use of ‘over the wire’(OTW)technique. Here we describe a case series highlighting the utility and modifications of OTW technique.