In 18 consecutive aortic valvuloplasty patients at our institution, there have been no periprocedural deaths or vascular complications since we began to preclose with an 8F Prostar XL Perclose device.

Doctors at Rainbow Children’s Heart Institute, Hyderabad, achieved a groundbreaking medical milestone by performing a life-saving fetal balloon aortic valvuloplasty on a 27-week-old fetus.

The signs of aortic stenosis on physical exam include a systolic murmur, usually loudest at the right upper sternal border, that peaks late and radiates to the right carotid artery. [10] The ...

Aortic balloon valvuloplasty is very beneficial in congenital aortic stenosis where no calcification of the aortic valve has occurred, however, every other type of aortic stenosis is accompanied ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement or implantation ... In a pilot study, the researchers inflate an hourglass-shaped valvuloplasty balloon to dilate and reshape the BAV more effectively ...

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a procedure used to dilate the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. A catheter is inserted into the femoral vein ...