AI Article Synopsis
- The report discusses two cases of severe aortic stenosis where balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) was performed using real-time transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for guidance.
- Real-time TEE helped assess the aortic valve’s response during the procedure, enhancing effectiveness.
- The procedure utilized a wire-bias technique to compress a heavily calcified leaflet, enabling the balloon to expand fully and improve the aortic annulus size.
Article Abstract
We report two cases of severe aortic stenosis (AS) where antegrade balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) was performed under real-time transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) guidance. Real-time TEE can provide useful information for evaluating the aortic valve response to valvuloplasty during the procedure. It was led with the intentional wire-bias technique in order to compress the severely calcified leaflet, and consequently allowed the balloon to reach the largest possible size and achieve full expansion of the aortic annulus.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4805762 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/cdt.2015.10.07 | DOI Listing |
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