At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to help the ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been getting dizzy when I exercise or even stand up too fast. I got sent to a cardiologist who says it’s mitral valve stenosis. He thinks I’m a good candidate for a catheter repair ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Balloon aortic valvuloplasty for treatment of congenital aortic stenosis was associated with low rates of ...

World’s first ultra-precise balloon specifically designed to prevent balloon ruptures in BAV and TAVI procedures will be launched at EuroPCR congress for cardiologists and surgeons in Paris next week.

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully performed Vietnam’s first officially approved fetal heart procedure, completing ...

Balloon valvuloplasty is used to treat aortic valve stenosis (narrowing). This condition may be congenital, or it may develop later in life as a result of rheumatic fever or calcium build-up on the ...

The paper by Fratz et al. describes the follow-up of 188 children who had balloon aortic valvuloplasty (AoVP) between 1986 and 2004. Moderate or severe aortic regurgitation occurred more often in the ...

At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to help the ...

Q: I've been getting dizzy when I exercise, or even stand up too fast. I got sent to a cardiologist who says it's mitral valve stenosis. He thinks I'm a good candidate for a catheter repair that uses ...

World’s first ultra-precise balloon specifically designed to prevent balloon ruptures in TAVI and BAV procedures will be featured at the ‘TCT 2012’ congress in Miami beginning Oct. 22 at Booth #592 ...

Evidence-based recommendations on balloon valvuloplasty for aortic valve stenosis in adults and children. This involves inflating a balloon inserted into the narrow valve to widen it so that blood can ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been getting dizzy when I exercise or even stand up too fast. I got sent to a cardiologist who says it’s mitral valve stenosis. He thinks I’m a good candidate for a catheter repair ...