Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Balloon aortic valvuloplasty was associated with greater survival at 3 months and quality of life at 6 months ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been getting dizzy when I exercise or even stand up too fast. I got sent to a cardiologist who says it’s mitral valve stenosis. He thinks I’m a good candidate for a catheter repair ...

In inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis, balloon valvuloplasty can enhance survival, function, and quality of life (QoL)—at least in the short term—according to data from the PARTNER trial ...

Balloon valvuloplasty is used to treat aortic valve stenosis (narrowing). This condition may be congenital, or it may develop later in life as a result of rheumatic fever or calcium build-up on the ...

Elderly patients with severe symptomatic calcific aortic stenosis do poorly with medical management. The optimal treatment for this group of patients is surgical valve replacement. Balloon ...

Parker et al. 4 reported immediate changes in the respective pressures in 21 patients during mitral commissurotomy — usually an immediate drop. The percentage reduction was higher for the pressure in ...

IN the consideration of the relative and absolute contraindications to mitral valvuloplasty, age has figured prominently. The frequent assumption that certain persons are "too old for surgery" has ...

Skipping balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) before balloon-expandable TAVR shortens procedure time and lessens contrast amount but may increase the volume of cerebral ischemic lesions detected days ...

What Happens During Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery? Minimally invasive heart valve surgery is a type of surgery performed through smaller incisions. This type of surgery reduces blood loss, ...

During the preprocedure evaluation, it is important to discuss with both the patient and the consulting cardiothoracic surgeon whether the patient is a surgical candidate in the event of a ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been getting dizzy when I exercise or even stand up too fast. I got sent to a cardiologist who says it’s mitral valve stenosis. He thinks I’m a good candidate for a catheter repair ...