title: The combined effects of balloon valvuloplasty and surgical weight loss in treatment of aortic stenosis.
abstract: We report a case of a patient with a congenitally bicuspid aortic valve and extreme obesity who developed severe aortic stenosis. She dramatically improved after the combined use of balloon valvuloplasty and Roux en Y gastric bypass. Gastric bypass surgery has promise for patients with congenital cardiac disease whose treatment is complicated by extreme obesity.
authors: Department of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
authors: Christopher M
authors: CM
authors: Tangren
authors: Linda
authors: L
authors: Cripe
authors: Robert H
authors: RH
authors: Beekman
authors: Kimberly
authors: K
authors: Wilson
authors: Thomas H
authors: TH
authors: Inge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation