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PBMV

Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a balloon catheter to widen a narrowed mitral valve and improve blood flow without open-heart surgery.

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Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty

Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty (PBMV) procedure is a used to dilate the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis.

PBMV Procedure
Contraindication

Contraindication

  • Moderate or severe regurgitation is present.

Complications

  • Bleeding at the catheter insertion site.

  • Blood clot at the catheter insertion site.

  • Infection risk.

  • Stroke.

Complications
Indications

Indications

  • Moderate & severe mitral stenosis.

  • Favorable valve morphology.

  • Symptomatic.

  • Pulmonary hypertension.

  • New onset of atrial fibrillation.