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ArticleCase reports in cardiology2026

Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Commissurotomy in an African Patient With Left-Sided Inferior Vena Cava: A Rare Case Report.

Mohammed Bedru Sebah, Yidnekachew Asrat Birhan, Gashaw Solela

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Mohammed Bedru SebahDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiac Center of Ethiopia and Saint Paul's Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6709-1864
Yidnekachew Asrat BirhanDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, aau.edu.et.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9723-2144
Gashaw SolelaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, aau.edu.et.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2233-9270

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Abstract

This case report describes a rare clinical scenario involving a 40-year-old Ethiopian female patient with very severe rheumatic mitral stenosis, found to have an anomalous transposition of the inferior vena cava (IVC). She successfully underwent a technically challenging percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case in an African patient where such a procedure has been successfully performed in the context of a congenital IVC anomaly.

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left-sided inferior vena cavapercutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomyrheumatic mitral stenosistransposition of inferior vena cava

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PMCPMC13316799

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