Percutaneous 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 ...

The Abascal echocardiographic score, also known as the Wilkins score, was first described in 1990 as a means to predict the success of percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV) in the setting ...