CATHETER MANAGEMENT OF MITRAL STENOSIS

Course overview

THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST OF CHOICE FOR PERCUTANEOUS TRANSCATHETER MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT (PMVR) REMAINS TO BE THE ECHOCARDIOGRAM. WHILE SURGERY IS THE PROCEDURE OF CHOICE FOR SEVERE, SYMPTOMATIC MITRAL STENOSIS, ANOTHER OPTION FOR PATIENTS NOT DEEMED CANDIDATES FOR OPEN HEART SURGERY IS PERCUTANEOUS TRANSCATHETER BALLOON MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY (PBMV). THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ROLE OF CATHETER MANAGEMENT OF MS, ITS INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MITRAL VALVE DISEASE.