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Immediate maternal and fetal outcome following percutaneous mitral valve balloon commissurotomy: a 6-year single-center experience from sub-Saharan Africa.

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Published in 2022 at "Cardiology in the young"

DOI: 10.1017/s1047951121004716

Abstract: BACKGROUND Mitral stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease during pregnancy. When severe, it leads to significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Percutaneous mitral valve balloon commissurotomy can be performed during pregnancy, and… read more here.

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