title: [Evolution of the primary successes of percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty].
abstract: Between November 1985 and August 1988, we performed 89 percutaneous aortic valvuloplasties. Sixty-two of these were considered a primary success on the basis of two main criteria: stage I or II on discharge and greater than 50 p. 100 increase in aortic valve area. The mean age of these patients was 78.4 +/- 6.1 years. On actuarial analysis, after 5 months 98 p. 100 of the patients with primary success were alive and 89 p. 100 were in stage I or II and had not been operated upon or redilated. At 15 months 79 p. 100 of the patients with primary success were alive, but only 48 p. 100 were in stage I or II and neither operated upon or redilated. Ultrasonic data obtained one and twelve months after dilatation were compared in 8 patients who had kept the full functional benefit of angioplasty for 14.6 +/- 4.3 months (group 1) and 9 patients who had lost this initial benefit (group 2). In group 1 patients the aortic valve area had moderately and non significantly diminished from 0.92 to 0.72 cm2. In group 2 patients the aortic valve area had gone down from 0.89 to 0.63 cm2 (p less than 0.01), indicating restenosis. We conclude that after the 4th post-valvuloplasty month the medium-term success of the procedure undergoes some degradation, and in these patients the echocardiographic signs of stenosis are clear-cut.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Fraysse
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drobinski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lechat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canny
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moussallem
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Grosgogeat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Evolution des succès primaires de la valvuloplastie aortique percutanée.