“…A case with aneurysm of the aorta, considered an absolute contraindication (247), received 275 ECT's over a five-year period (501). Successful E C T has been given in one case after conimissurotomy for initral stenosis (378), and one E C T in a case after surgical correction of aortic coarctation by isograft implantation ( 339) ; successful combined ICT-ECT has also been given in one case after niitral valve surgery (291). However, a fatality has also been recorded with E C T following mitral valve surgery (49).…”