A case series illustrating the utility of ‘over the wire’ technique and its modifications during percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy

The efficacy and safety of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy by the Inoue technique, in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis is well known. However, presence of left atrial/appendage thrombus or difficult LV entry entails the use of ‘over the wire’(OTW)technique. Here we describe a c...

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Published inIHJ cardiovascular case reports Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 178 - 181
Main Authors Karur, Satish, K S, Ravindranath, Math, Ravi S., Shetty, Laxmi H., B H, Natesh, K R, Sunil Kumar, Manjunath, C.N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier, a division of RELX India, Pvt. Ltd 01.10.2022
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Summary:The efficacy and safety of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy by the Inoue technique, in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis is well known. However, presence of left atrial/appendage thrombus or difficult LV entry entails the use of ‘over the wire’(OTW)technique. Here we describe a case series highlighting the utility and modifications of OTW technique.
ISSN:2468-600X
2468-600X
DOI:10.1016/j.ihjccr.2022.09.009