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Case Report

Volume 5, Number 11, November 2014, pages 583-586

Balloon Aortic Valvoplasty in Patient With Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis and Cardiogenic Shock

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Doppler ultrasound curves demonstrating aortic transvalvular gradient pressures compatible with severe aortic stenosis before balloon aortic valvoplasty.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Abdominal angiography CT depicts aortic thrombi.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Second balloon aortic valvoplasty performed 3 months after the first procedure. The balloon catheter is inflated at the region of the stenotic aortic valve.