Contemporary use of balloon aortic valvuloplasty in the era of transcatheter aortic valve implantation

• Published in: Texas Heart Institute journal Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 469 - 476
• Main Authors: Hui, Dawn S, Shavelle, David M, Cunningham, Mark J, Matthews, Ray V, Starnes, Vaughn A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Texas Heart® Institute, Houston 01.10.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aortic Valve Stenosis - mortality; Aortic Valve Stenosis - surgery; Balloon Valvuloplasty; Clinical Investigation; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Selection; Retrospective Studies; Tertiary Care Centers; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; Treatment Outcome; balloon valvuloplasty/adverse effects/methods/mortality; patient selection; heart valve prosthesis implantation/methods; Aortic valve stenosis/therapy; risk assessment/methods; treatment outcome; disease management

The development of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has increased the use of balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) in treating aortic stenosis. We evaluated our use of BAV in an academic tertiary referral center with a developing TAVI program. We reviewed 69 consecutive stand-alone BAV pr...