An 80-year-old man has undergone a groundbreaking cardiac procedure at the Cardiocenter in Santiago de Cuba, marking an ...

Successful Acute Valve-in-Valve Implantation Using Evolut FX Transcatheter Valve in a Failed Non-Calcified Stentless Subcoronary Toronto (SJM) Valve With Severe Aortic Regurgitation Receive the the ...

A Mansfield 20 mm x 5.5 cm balloon was inflated twice and the post-valvuloplasty gradient was 31 mm Hg and the aortic valve area was 0.82 cm2.

We report three cases of CS with severe AS that were successfully managed with balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV), followed by left ventricular (LV) unloading using Impella as a bridge therapy for ...

Aortic Valvuloplasty under Direct Vision Authors: J. Gordon Scannell, M.D., Robert S. Shaw, M.D., John F. Burke, M.D., W. Gerald Austen, M.D., Alejandro H. Villegas, M.D., and Richard R. Kelley ...

Balloon valvuloplasty often results in symptomatic improvement; however, the postvalvuloplasty valve area is usually <1.0 cm 2, the major periprocedural complication rate is roughly 5%, and the 6 ...

Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV), a minimally invasive procedure to alleviate aortic valve stenosis, commonly employs rapid ventricular pacing (RVP) for balloon stabilization. However, the repeated ...

Valvuloplasty is the first-line treatment for a person with congenital aortic valve stenosis. Mitral valve stenosis: This restricts the flow of blood from the upper to lower chambers on the left ...