Key result
Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty has emerged as a therapeutic alternative to conservative medical therapy or cardiac surgery for elderly or high-risk patients with aortic stenosis.
Why the study?
Is percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty a valid alternative to conservative medical therapy or cardiac surgery in elderly, high-risk patients with aortic stenosis?
Is percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty a valid alternative to conservative medical therapy or cardiac surgery in elderly, high-risk patients with aortic stenosis?
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Discusses percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty as a therapeutic alternative for elderly, high-risk patients with aortic stenosis.
The introduction of percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty for the treatment of aortic stenosis has complicated decision making concerning elderly patients with this degenerative cardiac disease. Physicians have been reluctant to refer many elderly patients with aortic stenosis to cardiac surgery because other medical problems, associated coronary disease, or the frailty of the patient seemed to make the operative risk prohibitive. With the introduction of balloon aortic valvuloplasty,1 2 3 there is now a therapeutic alternative to conservative medical therapy or cardiac surgery. Valvuloplasty has been recommended instead of surgical replacement of the valve in patients who are elderly or at high risk. . . .
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Peter C. Block (1988) conducted an editorial in Aortic stenosis. Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty vs. Conservative medical therapy or cardiac surgery was evaluated. Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty has emerged as a therapeutic alternative to conservative medical therapy or cardiac surgery for elderly or high-risk patients with aortic stenosis.
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