The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 56, 168-170, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Successful balloon mitral commissurotomy in a small child: use of small Inoue balloon catheter
T Ino, S Shimazaki, M Iwahara, E Miyazaki, K Yabuta and K Inoue
Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 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.