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 ...

The valvuloplasty balloon is removed, the 10F sheath is placed back in the arteriotomy site, and the diagnostic catheter is advanced back into the left ventricle where simultaneous LV to aorta ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are abnormal dilatations of the aorta that most commonly affect its infrarenal segment, but can become more difficult to repair when they are close to or next to the ...

A 35-year-old man with a history of rheumatic heart disease was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital in February, 1961, for aortic valvuloplasty because of progressive cardiac decompensation.

Treatment options for your aortic stenosis range from careful monitoring to surgery.

THERE have been many published reports dealing with the surgical management of aortic stenosis since Tuffier, in 1913, first attempted to correct this defect by invagination of the aortic wall and ...

Read more on how there is no evidence that balloon valvuloplasty alters the natural history of aortic stenosis, although no randomized study has been performed.

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 ...

What is a balloon valvuloplasty, and how does it help treat valve stenosis? Learn about the procedure, including how to prepare and what it involves.