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© 1991 Oxford University Press

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Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty for Patients Aged over 70 Years: An Alternative to Surgical Treatment

T. R. D. SHAW, A. T. ELDER, A. D. FLAPAN and A. R. ESSOP

Department of Cardiology, Western General Hospital Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU

We report the results and one-year follow-up of 20 elderly patients (age range 70–82 years) with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis treated by mitral balloon valvuloplasty (MBV). All 20 were breathless at rest despite treatment with diuretics and digoxin.

At cardiac catheterization, successful dilatation was achieved in 17 patients: mean transvalvular mitral gradient fell by 45%, mean cardiac output rose by 24% and mean valve area increased by 76%. There was no procedure-related mortality.

At one month, 15 patients had experienced an improvement in symptoms of at least one New York Heart Association class and, at one year, ten had maintained this improvement. Three patients proceeded to mitral valve replacement because of a suboptimal symptomatic result.

Mitral balloon valvuloplasty can be successfully performed with significant symptomatic benefit in frail elderly patients unfit for surgery and may also be offered to other selected elderly patients as an alternative to surgical treatment.

Received November 9, 1990;
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