title: Emergency balloon aortic valvuloplasty in patients with critical aortic stenosis presenting with cardiogenic shock.
abstract: This report describes 2 cases of aortic valvuloplasty performed as emergency treatment in patients with critical aortic stenosis presenting with cardiogenic shock. This procedure can be life-saving, and allows the patients to undergo further evaluation for aortic valve replacement, or other definitive treatments such as the recently developed percutaneous heart valve implantation for patients with unacceptably high surgical risk.
authors.affiliation: Catheterization Laboratory, Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. francescosaia@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saia
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marzocchi
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marrozzini
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ortolani
authors.forename: Tullio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Palmerini
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sbarzaglia
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Branzi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*