From the Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Cardiología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Abstract:
Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty has been used as treatment for native valvular stenosis in the mitral, aortic, pulmonary and tricuspid positions. 1–4 It has also been used as palliative therapy for stenotic bioprosthetic valves.5–8 In this study we present the immediate results and midterm follow up of percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty of 5 bioprosthetic valves in different positions.