Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2016)

Right Atrial Clot Formation Early after Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty

  • Ahmet Hakan Ateş,
  • Uğur Arslan,
  • Aytekin Aksakal,
  • Huriye Yücel,
  • İlksen Atasoy Günaydın,
  • Adem Ekbul,
  • Mehmet Yaman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3058015
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2016

Abstract

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Mitral balloon valvuloplasty which has been used for the treatment of rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) for several decades can cause serious complications. Herein, we presented right atrial clot formation early after percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty which was treated successfully with unfractioned heparin infusion.