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Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:168-170
© 1993 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Successful balloon mitral commissurotomy in a small child: Use of small Inoue balloon catheter

Toshihiro Ino, MD*, Shinjiio Shimazaki, MD, Masazumi Iwahara, MD, Eiji Miyazaki, MD, Keijiro Yabuta, MD, Kariji Inoue, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, and Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Takeda Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted for publication September 18, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Ino, Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.

A 15-month-old girl weighing 5.8 kg, in whom congestive heart failure developed due to congenital mitral stenosis, was successfully treated by percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy using a small Inoue balloon catheter. Percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy using a small Inoue balloon catheter may be a first-choice treatment for small children with congenital mitral stenosis.






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