Rupture of chordae tendineae in a patient after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy – a
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Rupture of Accura balloon during percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy
Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) is one of the treatment modality in the management of rheumatic mitral stenosis. Reuse of sterilized PTMC balloon catheters has been widely practiced in developing countries to bring down procedural cost. PTMC by reused balloons are prone to deform and rupture during procedure. This can cause fatal complications like embolism of air or ballo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Interventional Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1734-9338
DOI: 10.5114/pwki.2010.14171