Balloon Valvoplasty of Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis Following Badly Planed Midline Thoracotomy

Section: Case Report
Issue
Vol. 48 No. 1 (2026): Volume 48 Issue 1
Pages
111-114

Keywords:

Aortic valve stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, classification

Abstract

Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the gold standard method for management of severe aortic stenosis (AS), with transcatheter balloon valvoplasty (BAV) increasingly used as palliative option for calcified valve in experienced hand.  In the AVR era, BAV was not considered a long-term definitive treatment for severe calcific AS due to a high restenosis rate and short durability of gradient improvement.   However, it continues to have an important role as a bridge-to-decision or bridge-to-intervention in cases where definitive therapy must be delayed due to clinical instability, imaging uncertainty or failed trial of surgical valve replacement. We report a case of heavily calcified AS in an adolescent female, in which the calcification involves the ascending aorta extending to the aortic arch with failure of surgical management trail and she finally managed by transcatheter balloon valvoplasty.

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Authors

Mohanad K. Shukur Al-Ghanimi

Department of Pediatrics, College of medicine, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq

Munaf Jarallah Yaseen

Department of pediatrics, College of medicine, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq.

Nabeeha Najatee Akram

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

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DOI: 10.33899/acmm.v48.i1.60646

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Balloon Valvoplasty of Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis Following Badly Planed Midline Thoracotomy. Ann. coll. Med. Mosul [Internet]. 2026 Jul. 1 [cited 2026 Jul. 18];48(1):111-4. Available from: https://mmed.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/mmed/article/view/60646

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Balloon Valvoplasty of Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis Following Badly Planed Midline Thoracotomy. Ann. coll. Med. Mosul [Internet]. 2026 Jul. 1 [cited 2026 Jul. 18];48(1):111-4. Available from: https://mmed.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/mmed/article/view/60646