Cerebral Embolization After Implantation of a Balloon-Expandable Aortic Valve Without Prior Balloon Valvuloplasty: When Is Doing Less More?

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Jan 11;9(1):107-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.10.020.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Aortic Valve*
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism / etiology*
  • Male