Successful balloon valvotomy was performed by the Inoue technique in a pregnant lady with severe mitral stenosis and pulmonary edema. Total pelvic and abdominal shielding was used and a transseptal puncture was carried out through the left femoral vein because of an anatomically anomalous course of the inferior vena cava.
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