The combined effects of balloon valvuloplasty and surgical weight loss in treatment of aortic stenosis.
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.
Tangren
Christopher M
CM
Department of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
Cripe
Linda
L
Beekman
Robert H
RH
Wilson
Kimberly
K
Inge
Thomas H
TH
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