Comparison between percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty and open commissurotomy for mitral stenosis. A prospective and randomized study |
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Authors: | Cardoso Luiz F Grinberg Max Rati Miguel A Pomerantzeff Pablo M Medeiros Caio C J Tarasoutchi Flávio Martinez Eulógio |
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Affiliation: | Clinical Division, Heart Institute (InCor), University of S?o Paulo Medical School, S?o Paulo, Brazil. val_cardoso@incor.usp.br |
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Abstract: | Eighty patients with tight and pliable mitral stenosis were randomized in a prospective trial comparing percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty and open commissurotomy. Mitral valve area increased significantly in both groups immediately after the procedures. However, a decrease in mitral valve area occurred in both groups at 6, 12 and 24 months during the follow-up. There was no death in either group. Two patients had significant mitral regurgitation after percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. After 24 months, all patients in the commissurotomy group and 97.4% of the patients in the balloon valvuloplasty group were in New York Heart Association functional class I or II. |
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