Successful balloon aortic valvuloplasty in a patient with mitral valve endocarditis.
A critically-ill 73-year-old man was admitted with simultaneous mitral valve endocarditis and aortic stenosis. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty was performed successfully and without complications and was followed by prompt clinical improvement. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty should be considered in patients with aortic stenosis and nonaortic valve endocarditis.
Burket
M W
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Department of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699.
D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D014463:Ultrasonography