Currently Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty has established itself as a standard treatment for patients with severe mitral stenosis. A patient with severe mitral stenosis was posted for the above procedure. After dilatation of mitral valvular apparatus the Accura balloon failed to deflate on repeated aspirations, probably due to rupture of internal lumen. Finally, a guide wire was passe...

Mitral Valvuloplasty Using the Inoue Balloon Catheter Technique To the Editor: I read with interest the article on long-term follow-up after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty with the Inoue balloon catheter by Hernandez et al.1 They reported a restenosis rate of 39% at 7 years. My colleagues from China and I recently reported our experience with the same technique in a follow-up study up to 11 ...

To evaluate the short-term results of percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty, 55 consecutive elderly patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis who were at high risk for surgical intervention underwent the procedure, with follow-up by clinical evaluation and Doppler echocardiography. Over a mean follow-up of 6.2 months, there were three early deaths (<30 days) and eight late deaths. N...

We report a rare case of surgical treatment for double-valve destruction after balloon aortic valvuloplasty in a 90-year old female with severe aortic calcification. The patient underwent aortic balloon valvuloplasty for symptomatic aortic stenosis, resulting in severe aortic regurgitation because of injury to the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve and severe mitral regurgitation because o...

Critical congenital pulmonary stenosis with intact interventricular septum is a cyanotic and potentially lethal neonatal cardiac anomaly. Percutaneous transcatheter balloon valvuloplasty for critical often presents technical difficulties due to supra-systemic pressure in right ventricle. Using transjugular approach instead of the femoral vein helps dealing this issue. We describe successful use...

To evaluate left-to-right shunts after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty, we studied 15 consecutive patients by using transesophageal color Doppler flow-imaging system. Transesophageal color Doppler examinations were performed five times in each patient (before valvuloplasty and 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 6 months after valvuloplasty). No shunt flow was observed before valvuloplasty. O...