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Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement from Autologous Pericardium with a Self-Expandable Nitinol Stent in an Adult Sheep Model
Published on: June 8, 2022
[Emergency percutaneous valvuloplasty: Which patients, which results?]
Christophe Tron1, Anna Bizios1, Eric Durand1
1CHU de Rouen, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, service de cardiologie, CHU de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76000 Rouen, France.
Abstract:
Balloon aortic valvuloplasty is a relatively simple procedure with a low rate of complications despite patients' frailty. Urgent balloon aortic valvuloplasty is especially useful in patients with temporary contra-indication to TAVI or in case of difficult clinical scenario. It allows for a functional improvement for up to 6 months. This period should be used to bridge the patient to TAVI or surgical aortic valve replacement, stand-alone aortic valvuloplasty being without mid-term survival benefit.
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