Consecutive Sessions of Rescue Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty for Critical Aortic Valve Stenosis Followed by Successful Bridging to Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Implantation.
Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) was a rare procedure in catheterization laboratories because of its limited prognostic impact. The recent advent of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has led to a resurgence of BAV, opening the way to a new indication as a bridge to TAVI. Herein, we reported an 83-year-old man with critical aortic valve stenosis and pulmonary edema, who strongly declined surgical aortic valve replacement. He also lacked financial support or insurance reimbursement for TAVI. He received BAV for relief of syncope, pulmonary edema and impending respiratory failure 4 times within 4 years and was successfully bridged to TAVI after receiving charity aid funding from the hospital.


BACKGROUND
Aortic valve stenosis; Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV); Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung; ; Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Medicine;
Kae-Woei
KW
Liang
Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung; ; Department of Surgery, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei;
Chu-Leng
CL
Yu
Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung; ; Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Medicine;
Wen-Lieng
WL
Lee
Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung; ; Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Medicine; ; Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University; ; Department of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Kuo-Yang
KY
Wang
Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung; ; Department of Surgery, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei;
Yen
Y
Chang