Balloon valvuloplasty of the aortic valve (BAV) in stenosis has been practiced for over 35 years. The initial enthusiasm caused by excellent immediate hemodynamic effect procedure disappears due to rapid restenosis after intervention. results modern methods defi nitive treatment – AVR and TAVI are excellent, thanks which they fi rmly rooted guidelines. However, BAV its indications sym...

An 1186-g infant was born at 27 weeks' gestation. Echocardiography showed critical aortic stenosis, a dilated left ventricle (left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, 16.9 mm), and poor left ventricular function (left ventricular ejection fraction, 8.5%). Due to duct-dependent systemic circulation, the patient underwent a hybrid intervention consisting of bilateral pulmonary artery banding (PAB...

OBJECTIVE Valvuloplasty of the aortic valve is currently used in selected patients for severe calcified aortic valve disease, but clinical effectiveness is low and complication rate remains high. In this study, the total particle load after valvuloplasty and the embolization risk of calcific debris into the coronary arteries was analyzed in an in vitro model. METHODS Three highly calcified hu...

BACKGROUND Balloon predilatation of the aortic valve has been regarded as an essential step during the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure. However, recent evidence has suggested that aortic valvuloplasty may cause complications and that high success rates may be obtained without prior dilatation of the valve. We hypothesize that TAVI performed without predilatation of the ...

While investigating the outcomes of balloon dilatation procedures in patients with congenital obstructive lesions heart, several parallel observations were made. The purpose this review is to present these observations/phenomena/innovations related pulmonary stenosis (PS), aortic (AS), and coarctation (AC). In subjects who had valvuloplasty (BPV), development infundibular obstruction, electroca...