Following percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty, for the treatment of mitral stenosis, the best action of the nurse is to assess for which finding?
A) Rejection of porcine graft
B) Mitral regurgitation
C) Infection at incision site
D) Blood shunting from right to left atrium
B
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The balloon valvuloplasty stretches the valve and can impair the papillary muscles, resulting in regurgitation of blood back through the mitral valve. A percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty does not have an incision and does not use a porcine graft. The septum is perforated and can allow shunting of blood but the shunting, if occurs, will move from left to right.
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