[A new instrument for transfemoral catheterization of stenotic aortic valves (author's transl)].
Transvalvular passage was successful in 124 out of 144 patients (86.1%). The percentage of success varied according to the lesions: 82% in pure secondary stenosis, 95.7% in predominantly stenotic aortic valve disease, 87.5% in stenosis with other valve lesions, and 100% in congenital stenosis.
D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
Cathétérisme des rétrécissements valvulaires aortiques par voie artérielle fémorale. Apport d'un nouveau cathéter.