title: Emergency percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty using a triple balloon technique to a patient with severe aortic stenosis.
abstract: A 76-year-old male who had already been diagnosed with ischemic heart disease and severe aortic stenosis was transferred to our hospital in a state of cardiogenic shock. We finally diagnosed him with severe aortic stenosis. We decided to perform emergency balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) as a bridge treatment to surgical repair. We first performed BAV with a double balloon technique, and next with a triple balloon technique. As a result, the blood pressure recovered, and surgical aortic valve repair could thus be successfully performed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, 2-17-6 Ohashi, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8515, Japan, yamazakikenji0710@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Hidehiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome