Title of article
Successful percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty in patients with left atrial appendage thrombus
Author/Authors
Akıllı, Hakan Necmettin Erbakan University - Meram Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Arıbaş, Alpay Necmettin Erbakan University - Meram Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Altunbaş, Gökhan Necmettin Erbakan University - Meram Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Özdemir, Kurtuluş Necmettin Erbakan University - Meram Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey
From page
73
To page
74
Abstract
Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) has become the treatment of choice for patients with symptomatic mitral stenosis since its successful use by Inoue et al. in 1984. One of contraindications to this technique is the presence of thrombus in the left atrium (LA) or left atrial appendage (LAA). Nevertheless, there are some publications indicating that Inoue technique can be safely performed in patients with LAA thrombus. In this report, we describe two patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis referred for PMBV and were found to have LAA thrombus. Despite the presence of LAA thrombus, successful PMBV, with the help of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), was undertaken without complications.
Journal title
The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology: Andolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi
Journal title
The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology: Andolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi
Record number
2692487
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