Acute Pericarditis as a Complication of Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvulotomy

Hasan Turhan, Nurcan Basar, Ayse Saatci Yasar, Ali Riza Erbay, Ramazan Atak
Inonu University Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Malatya, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

 

During the past two decades, percutaneous mitral balloon valvulotomy (PMBV) has been frequently used, with high success and low complication rates, in the treatment of patients with moderate to severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. The case is reported of a

patient with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis who developed acute pericarditis two days after successful PMBV. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported.
The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2006;15:140-141
 
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