Open AccessRoutine Predeployment Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Time to Move On?
Author(s) -
Poulin MarieFrance,
Kavinsky Clifford J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.116.005314
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , aortic valvuloplasty , valve replacement , aortic valve , aortic valve replacement , balloon , balloon valvuloplasty , aortic valve stenosis , surgery , stenosis
Routine predeployment balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) has historically been considered an essential part of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure, ensuring unimpeded delivery of the prosthetic valve across the stenotic aortic valve, optimal valve expansion, and hemodynamic