After Ball&n Mitral Valvulo~lasty as Determined by Transesophageal Doppler Echocardiography Neeraj Jolly,
MD,
Ramesh Arora,
MD,
Jagdish C. Mohan,
The pattern of left atrlal filling was studled In 14 patients with severe mitral stenosis in shrus rhythm before and lmmedlately after successful balloon mitral valvuloplasty by transesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiography of the left superior pulmonary vein. Mean mitral valve orlffce area increased from 0.8 f 0.1 to 2.2 f 0.3 cm2 (p
MD,
Ramesh Arora,
MD,
Jagdish C. Mohan,
The pattern of left atrlal filling was studled In 14 patients with severe mitral stenosis in shrus rhythm before and lmmedlately after successful balloon mitral valvuloplasty by transesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiography of the left superior pulmonary vein. Mean mitral valve orlffce area increased from 0.8 f 0.1 to 2.2 f 0.3 cm2 (p
