Doctors at Rainbow Children’s Heart Institute, Hyderabad, achieved a milestone by performing a fetal balloon aortic ...

Background Cardiogenic shock (CS) induced by severe aortic stenosis (AS) is a life-threatening condition with high mortality.

Valvular aortic stenosis is typically due to degenerative calcification, postinflammatory fibrocalcific disease (i.e., rheumatic heart disease), or a congenitally bicuspid valve. Calcification is ...

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a procedure used to dilate the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. A catheter is inserted into the femoral vein ...

Nearly 50% suffer from conditions in aortic valve — the main outflow ... In a pilot study, the researchers inflate an hourglass-shaped valvuloplasty balloon to dilate and reshape the BAV more ...

Dyspnea is the first symptom of aortic stenosis in ... when hypotension is present from low cardiac output. Aortic balloon valvuloplasty is very beneficial in congenital aortic stenosis where ...

In 1951, Saint Louis University Hospital opened the first cardiac catheterization lab in the ... lab played a vital role in the development of coronary angioplasty, balloon valvuloplasty and ...

Balloon valvuloplasty may be useful as a bridge to aortic valve replacement in hemodynamically unstable patients, in patients undergoing emergent noncardiac surgery, and in patients with severe ...