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✍ Chen, Chuan-Rong ;Cheng, Tsung O. ;Chen, Ji-Yan ;Huang, Yi-Guao ;Huang, Tao ;Zha 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 386 KB 👁 2 views

We studied the first 202 patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) who underwent percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) with the Inoue balloon catheter for a follow-up (FU) period of 5-11 years. Pre-and post-PBMV and at FU, the mean left atrial pressure was 21.3 ؎ 7.4, 10.2 ؎ 5.6, and 1