Valvuloplasty

Commentary

Repeated Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasty in Elderly Patients With Aortic Stenosis Who Are Not Candidates for Definitive Treatment

11/25/2015

Elizabeth M. Retzer , MD;

Atman P. Shah , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

The authors comment on this month's article by Bordoni et al, noting that their results are a notable step forward, demonstrate the efficacy and safety in performing repeat BAV in a high-risk patient population with no other treatment...

The authors comment on this...

11/25/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Repeated Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasty in Elderly Patients With Aortic Stenosis Who Are Not Candidates for Definitive Treatment

09/15/2015

Cristina Ciuca , MD;

Gianni Dall'Ara , MD;

Linda Taffani ;

Matteo Chiarabelli , RN;

Nevio Taglieri , MD;

Alessandra Berardini , MD;

Paolo Guastaroba , MSc;

Claudio Rapezzi , MD;

Antonio Marzocchi , MD;

Francesco Saia , MD, PhD;

Maria Letizia Bacchi-Reggiani , MSc;

Barbara Bordoni , MD;

Carolina Moretti , MD;

Cinzia Marrozzini , MD;

A sizable group of patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis can undergo neither surgical aortic valve replacement nor transcatheter aortic valve implantation. The aim of this study was to assess the potential role of repeated balloon aortic...

A sizable group of patients with...

09/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Percutaneous Transcatheter Balloon Valvuloplasty for Bioprosthetic Tricuspid Valve Stenosis in a patient With Orthotopic Heart Transplant

02/24/2015

Nikolaos Kakouros , MBBS, PhD, MRCP, MD(Res);

Jeffrey Shih , MD;

Gaurav Rana , MBBS;

A 47-year-old man with history of familial cardiomyopathy and orthotopic heart transplant at the age of 34 years presented severe tricuspid stenosis (TS) with a mean transvalvular gradient of 10 mm Hg. To the best of our knowledge, this is...

A 47-year-old man with history...

02/24/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Decrease of Vascular and Bleeding Complications After Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty Performed Without Heparin

09/27/2014

Jean-Christophe Macia , MD;

Richard Gervasoni , MD;

Francois Roubille , MD, PhD;

Florence Leclercq , MD, PhD;

Delphine Delseny , MD;

Erika Nogue , MSc;

Valérie Macioce , MD;

Nicolas Nagot , MD, PhD;

The risk of bleeding is of major concern after percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) performed in elderly patients. In this registry, we report the effect of heparin use on rate of all severe vascular complications, bleeding,...

The risk of bleeding is of major...

09/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Double Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in TAVI Era: Insight From Intracardiac Echocardiography and Multidetector Computed Tomography Findings

07/08/2014

Taku Inohara , MD;

Kentaro Hayashida , MD, PhD;

Keiichi Fukuda , MD, PhD;

We describe a case of severe aortic stenosis complicated with severe peripheral artery disease that was successfully treated with double-balloon aortic valvuloplasty using bilateral brachial access.

We describe a case of severe...

07/08/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology