title: [Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty in stenotic bioprosthetic valves].
abstract: There are only a few therapeutic indications that require implantation of bioprosthetic heart valves. To implant bioprosthesis is rare, because malfunction of the bioprosthesis occurs as a result of tissue degeneration in long-term follow up. The dysfunction is bioprosthesis insufficiency with or without stenosis. The degenerated bioprosthesis requires reimplantation, but every subsequent operation carries a higher risk. Stenotic bioprosthesis can be treated effectively by balloon valvuloplasty. The aim of the paper is to establish indications, coindications for the treatment, to present the complications and long-term follow up.
authors.affiliation: I Klinika Wad Serca Instytutu Kardiologii, Warszawa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grabowski
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans