Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy

Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy

 

Mitral stenosis is a kind of rheumatic heart disease which can lead to heart failure, acute pulmonary edema, arrhythmia and stroke. Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy is a procedure to introduce a specially made balloon from the blood vessel to the heart by skin puncture. The mitral valve is then widened up by inflation of the ballon.