Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a procedure used to dilate the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. A catheter is inserted into the femoral vein ...

Balloon valvuloplasty is used to increase the opening of a narrowed (stenotic) heart valve. It is used for select patients who have mitral valve stenosis (narrowing of the mitral valve ...

The Wilkins echocardiographic score is also known as the Abascal’s echocardiographic score. It is used to determine the suitability of the mitral valve structure for percutaneous mitral balloon ...