Introduction: Since its introduction in 1984, mitral balloon valvuloplasty became the treatment of choice for mitral stenosis. After a successful procedure, the major event on long follow up is restenosis which treatment is discussed between surgery or redo mitral balloon valvuloplasty (mbv). Methods: Our study was a retrospective and descriptive one. In Hedichaker hospital between 1998 and 200...

OBJECTIVE To compare clinical and laboratory data in patients with mitral stenosis undergoing open commissurotomy or balloon valvuloplasty, who were followed up for 5 years. METHODS Eighty-one patients were prospectively assessed prior to the procedure (PRE) and immediately after the procedure, in the immediate postoperative period (IPO), and followed up yearly for 5 years (PO12M, PO24M, PO36...

PURPOSE To compare immediate and late (12 months) follow-up of clinical and Doppler echocardiographic results between percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty and open commissurotomy in a prospective and randomized trial. METHODS Eighty eight symptomatic patients with severe mitral stenosis and favorable anatomy were randomized in a prospective trial comparing the two procedures. All patient...

BACKGROUND Balloon predilatation of the aortic valve has been regarded as an essential step during the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure. However, recent evidence has suggested that aortic valvuloplasty may cause complications and that high success rates may be obtained without prior dilatation of the valve. We hypothesize that TAVI performed without predilatation of the ...

Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) provides an excellent alternative to surgical intervention and has become the preferred for initial palliation stenosis in neonates, infants, children, adolescents, young adults. The elderly patients with calcific do not benefit from BAV. With exception of most can be discharged home within 24-hours procedure. Although there is definitive evidence pressure gra...

To assess right ventricular (RV) diastolic filling in children with pulmonary stenosis (PS), 14 patients (mean age 5.1 years) were examined immediately before and after pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty. Fourteen normal children (mean age 4.8 years) were also studied. From the tricuspid valve inflow Doppler study, the following measurements were made at peak inspiration: peak velocities at rapid ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze our experience with percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty in newborn infants with aortic stenosis, emphasizing the extraordinary importance of myocardial perfusion. METHODS Over a 10-year-period, 21 neonates underwent percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty. Age ranged from 2 to 27 days, weight ranged from 2.2 to 4.1 kg and 19 were males. All patients presented with...

Several diseases have been acknowledged as pathological causes for mitral valve stenosis (MS), of which rheumatic heart disease is the most prevalent. Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic manifestation of rheumatic carditis, which occurs in 60% to 90% of cases of rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever is a late sequela to Group A -hemolytic streptococcal infection of the throat. The initial rheumatic...

UNLABELLED Background & Objectives : We report 17 years outcome of subsequent pregnancies of women with severe Mitral Stenosis (MS) who underwent Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty (MBV) during pregnancy and the follow up of the children born of such pregnancies. METHODS Twenty three pregnant patients suffering from severe MS (NYHA-New York Heart Association class III/IV) who underwent MBV by Inoue...