[Percutaneous valvulotomy for calcified aortic valve stenosis in the adult].
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.
Fernández Vázquez
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Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F.
Martínez Ríos
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Gil Moreno
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Villavicencio Fernández
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D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Valvulotomía percutánea en la estenosis aórtica valvular calcificada del adulto.