Case Report
Popping-Out of an Inoue Balloon Catheter
A Rare Sign of a Severe SubvalvularMitral Lesion
1998 Volume 62 Issue 7 Pages 549-551
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1998 Volume 62 Issue 7 Pages 549-551
Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy using the Inoue technique was performed in a patient with a severe subvalvular lesion. Although not entrapped or impeded by the subvalvular lesion, the distal balloon was levered upwards and the procedure ended up with the balloon catheter popping-out during the late phase of inflation. (Jpn Circ J 1998; 62: 549 - 551)
