title: Percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to a high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: We describe a novel approach of using percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with refractory congestive heart failure, severe aortic stenosis, severe left ventricular dysfunction and severe 3-vessel coronary artery disease who was not a surgical candidate for aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting.
authors: Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors: Raed A
authors: RA
authors: Aqel
authors: Fadi G
authors: FG
authors: Hage
authors: Gilbert J
authors: GJ
authors: Zoghbi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001011:Aorta / Q000503:physiopathology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology