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Transjugular percutaneous inoue balloon mitral commissurotomy in a patient with inferior vena cava obstruction after liver transplantation. |
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| Authors: | J Thompson Sullebarger Humberto Coto Enrique Lopez Dany Sayad Hector L Fontanet |
| Institution: | Florida Cardiovascular Institute and St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa, Florida 33609, USA. jsullebarger@fciheart.com |
| Abstract: | Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy was performed successfully via the transjugular approach in a patient with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis and obstruction of the inferior vena cava due to prior liver transplantation. This case demonstrates the advantage of the jugular approach in patients with difficult anatomy. |
| Keywords: | mitral stenosis valvuloplasty rheumatic heart disease inferior vena cava liver transplantation Budd‐Chiari syndrome polycythemia vera |