title: Percutaneous double balloon aortic valvuloplasty in an adult patient with calcific aortic stenosis and a Bjork-Shiley prosthetic mitral valve.
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal balloon valvuloplasty is a new technique in interventional cardiology which to date has been applied successfully in the dilatation of all four cardiac valves. Although the different techniques appear to be quite effective, the safety of these procedures has not been fully explored. In particular, because of the close anatomic relationship of the aortic and mitral annuli, the safety of aortic valvuloplasty in patients with mitral valve prosthesis is unknown. Therefore, we report the applicability of a percutaneous double balloon valvuloplasty in an elderly patient with calcific aortic stenosis and a Bjork-Shiley mitral valve prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, White Memorial Medical Center-Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Boltwood
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Lau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002114:Calcinosis; D002404:Catheterization; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications