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Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in rheumatic mitral stenosis with atrial dysfunction. Opening the valve…and a window of opportunity

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, 90035-903, Porto Alegre, Brasil

    Murilo Foppa MD PhD & Angela Barreto Santiago Santos MD PhD

  2. Postgraduate studies Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

    Murilo Foppa MD PhD & Angela Barreto Santiago Santos MD PhD

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Foppa, M., Santos, A.B.S. Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in rheumatic mitral stenosis with atrial dysfunction. Opening the valve…and a window of opportunity. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 38, 1499–1500 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-022-02548-5

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