Balloon catheter therapy and cardiac valvular disease

A Cribier; B Letac

doi:10.1146/annurev.me.40.020189.000425

Balloon catheter therapy and cardiac valvular disease

Annu Rev Med. 1989:40:61-70. doi: 10.1146/annurev.me.40.020189.000425.

Authors

A Cribier¹, B Letac

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, University of Rouen, France.

PMID: 2524995
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.me.40.020189.000425

Abstract

Over the last five years, percutaneous balloon dilatation has been developed as a nonsurgical treatment of stenotic cardiac valves in children and adults. In this paper, we review the state of the art in this new and evolving field of interventional cardiac catheterization.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon / adverse effects
Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
Humans
Mitral Valve Stenosis / therapy*
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / therapy*