TY - JOUR
AU1 - Di Segni, Elio
AU2 - Bakst, Avinoam
AU3 - Levi, Alexander
AU4 - Rosenschein, Uri
AU5 - Klein, Herman O.
AB - Percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty failed to relieve the obstruction in 2 elderly patients with calcific aortic stenosis. Intraoperative and pathologic examination showed bicuspid aortic valve with symmetric cusps, straight and fibrotic cusp edges and fractured calcific nodules of the aortic valve. Failure of balloon valvuloplasty in these patients, in spite of successful fractures of calcific nodules, was due to inability to influence the spring-like action of the thickened edges of the valve which represents a specific additional cause of obstruction in calcific bicuspid aortic valve of the elderly.
TI - The Mechanism of the Obstruction in, Calcific Aortic Stenosis with Bicuspid Valve: A Reason for, Failure of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in the Elderly
JF - Cardiology
DO - 10.1159/000174532
DA - 1989-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/karger/the-mechanism-of-the-obstruction-in-calcific-aortic-stenosis-with-Ql2Ya0GAe0
SP - 450
EP - 454
VL - 76
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -