Dr. Viveka Kumar - Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty is a procedure used to dilate the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. A catheter is inserted into the femoral vein,
![Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty and closure of the left atrial appendage: Synergy of two procedures in one percutaneous intervention | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty and closure of the left atrial appendage: Synergy of two procedures in one percutaneous intervention | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia](https://multimedia.elsevier.es/PublicationsMultimediaV1/item/multimedia/S087025511630186X:gr5.jpeg?xkr=ue/ImdikoIMrsJoerZ+w94UphxYc+GPca8Z7OggvdfJQF4SIqTc4zp8SrbcUWBiKPg+dJZ4Ok3eI2oWItAK4c/COpfjU9BjTBKqppbLMzrz6r7+jfbMDm6QiVNPBKH00NCivyGiZVQueBB1DQ5UCb8UATnN+7RGhKJgHaEbMNenwBTiKP5XvHdlmVOq/Be3gdZCvgiKmW5ejz943j12yv4DFqp3+xfRjvxZI+CL+rNiWEL0LQEkH112LlZnlpqC7sPoFy6zljEG7QkFljVXFS6FbPlRruOwxpRqOc8ItcmA=)
Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty and closure of the left atrial appendage: Synergy of two procedures in one percutaneous intervention | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
![Figure, Graphic showing Balloon Valvuloplasty. Graphic by Emma Gregory] - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf Figure, Graphic showing Balloon Valvuloplasty. Graphic by Emma Gregory] - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519532/bin/Balloon_Valvuloplastyxalternatex__aorticx-01.jpg)