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5.1 Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) for severe aortic stenosis (AS), a common disease of the elderly, was introduced by Dr. Cribier in 1986. Initial experience demonstrated the technical feasibility, acceptable safety, and fairly modest improvement in valve…
The field of structural cardiac and cardiovascular intervention is relatively new. Some of the component procedures have been part of the interventional armamentarium for many years, but have never been grouped into a unified field. The development of new catheter…