title: Balloon catheter therapy and cardiac valvular disease.
abstract: Over the last five years, percutaneous balloon dilatation has been developed as a nonsurgical treatment of stenotic cardiac valves in children and adults. In this paper, we review the state of the art in this new and evolving field of interventional cardiac catheterization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, University of Rouen, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cribier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Letac
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*