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Chitwan Medical College, Nepal

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• Abstract   
  Evaluation Of The Pulmonary Artery Pressure During Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy In Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis
  Author(s): Ananda G.C
  
  Introduction: Rheumatic heart disease is one of the most common heart diseases in developing country. One of the most common complications of Rheumatic Heart Disease is Mitral Stenosis which ultimately lead to pulmonary hypertension and heart failure and death. So, PTMC (Percutaneous Transluminal Mitral Commissurotomy) is a well established simple, effective and safe  therapeutic intervention for mitral stenosis. While many literatures reviewed till date have shown that it takes 3-6 months time period for the reduction of pulmonary artery pressure after PTMC, this study is designed to see t.. View More»
  

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