Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy for restenosis after surgical commissurotomy
Late efficacy and implications for patient selection
Bernard Iung, MDa,
Eric Garbarz, MDa,
Pierre Michaud, MDa,
Abdallah Mahdhaoui, MDa,
Steeven Helou, MDa,
Bruno Farah, MDa,
Patricia Berdah, MDa,
Pierre-Louis Michel, MDa,
Yasuhiro Makita, MDa,
Bertrand Cormier, MDa,
Philippe Luxereau, MDa and
Alec Vahanian, MDa
a Cardiology Department, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France

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Figure 1 Cumulated rates of late events after PMC for restenosis in the whole population who had undergone follow-up.
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Figure 2 Cumulated rates of late events after PMC for restenosis in patients who had had good immediate results (valve area 1.5 cm2 without regurgitation greater than Sellers grade 2).
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