A valvuloplasty is a surgical procedure that opens heart valves that have become stiff due to heart disease. The procedure involves inserting a catheter and inflating a small balloon to open the valve ...

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 ...

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Transcatheter balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAVP) can relieve severe aortic valve stenosis effectively in neonates and young infants, and offers the same survival rates as surgery. Long-term outcomes ...

Omission of balloon aortic valvuloplasty before implanting a balloon-expandable aortic valve shortens procedure time and lowers contrast volume, but is associated with an increase in cerebral ...

World’s first ultra-precise balloon specifically designed to prevent balloon ruptures in BAV and TAVI procedures will be launched at EuroPCR congress for cardiologists and surgeons in Paris next week.