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Park, Park, Kim, Lim, Kim, and Lee: A Case of Deflation Failure of Inoue Balloon
Case Report
Korean Circulation Journal

Korean Circulation Journal 1990; 20(2): 256-259.

Published online: 30 June 1990

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1990.20.2.256

A Case of Deflation Failure of Inoue Balloon

Seung-Jung Park, M.D., Seong Wook Park, M.D., Jae Joong Kim, M.D., Chae Man Lim, M.D., Sang We Kim, M.D., Jong-Koo Lee, M.D.

Copyright © 1990 The Korean Society of Circulation

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Abstract

We have experienced a case of deflation failure of Inoue balloon in the left atrium during mitral balloon valvuloplasty in a 44 year old male patient with tight mitral stenosis, who died just after emergency open heart surgery for removal of undeflated Inoue balloon and mitral valve replacement because of associated acute hemorrhagic myocardial infarction.

Keywords: Deflation failure of Inoue balloon, Mitral balloon valvuloplasty

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