A case series illustrating the utility of ‘over the wire’ technique and its modifications during percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy

Autor: Satish Karur, Ravindranath K S, Ravi S. Math, Laxmi H. Shetty, Natesh B H, Sunil Kumar K R, C.N. Manjunath
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 178-181 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2468-600X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ihjccr.2022.09.009
Popis: 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.
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