TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty by the Inoue balloon technique
T2 - The procedure of choice for treatment of mitral stenosis
AU - Cheng, Tsung O.
AU - Holmes, David R.
PY - 1998/3/1
Y1 - 1998/3/1
N2 - The Inoue technique of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty, introduced in 1984, is a truly startling advance in cardiology in modern times. It is time to reeducate our colleagues that when they hear the opening snap in patients with mitral stenosis, they should automatically open these stenotic mitral valves with an Inoue balloon catheter rather than submit these patients to surgical correction.
AB - The Inoue technique of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty, introduced in 1984, is a truly startling advance in cardiology in modern times. It is time to reeducate our colleagues that when they hear the opening snap in patients with mitral stenosis, they should automatically open these stenotic mitral valves with an Inoue balloon catheter rather than submit these patients to surgical correction.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00978-8
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00978-8
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 9514461
AN - SCOPUS:0032031860
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 81
SP - 624
EP - 628
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 5
ER -