title: [Percutaneous valvulotomy for calcified aortic valve stenosis in the adult].
abstract: This study describes the initial experience of the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez", with percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty for calcified aortic valve stenosis in adults. Five patients, 4 males and a female (mean age 54 +/- 7 years), were included. All of them had poor ventricular function, and were not surgical candidates. Although it is in fact a small group, the results are promising, with a success rate of 80%, and without mortality. In only one case, the transvalvular gradient could not be modified.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández Vázquez
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez Ríos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gil Moreno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villavicencio Fernández
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Valvulotomía percutánea en la estenosis aórtica valvular calcificada del adulto.