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 ...

Unlike valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis, PBMV is highly successful when the valve anatomy is favorable with a low rate of restenosis. Complications include residual mitral regurgitation ...

The signs of aortic stenosis on physical exam include ... physician threads a catheter across the aortic valve and performs balloon aortic valvuloplasty. The physician then positions the ...

A process used in structural heart interventions that includes mitral valvuloplasty ... aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system to treat symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. During the same month ...