Balloon valvuloplasty for stenotic bioprosthetic aortic valves
โ Scribed by John Webb
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 33 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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Effective balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAY) is limited by restenosis. After aortic valve restenosis six patients underwent repeat BAV. In spite of the use of larger balloons there was a trend toward a less satisfactory result after repeat BAV (0.98 2 .26 cm2 vs. 1.2 -c .26 cm2), which did not reach
## Abstract Calcific aortic stenosis remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the aging population. Surgical replacement remains the treatment of choice for this disease. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty was introduced as a palliative procedure for these patients, but was tempered by a high