%0 Journal Article
%T Real-time transesophageal echocardiography facilitates antegrade balloon aortic valvuloplasty
%A Shimada, Yoshihisa
%A Ito, Kazato
%A Yano, Kentaro
%A Tanaka, Chiharu
%A Nakashoji, Tomohiro
%A Tonomura, Daisuke
%A Takehara, Kosuke
%A Kino, Naoto
%A Yoshida, Masataka
%A Kurotobi, Toshiya
%A Tsuchida, Takao
%A Fukumoto, Hitoshi
%J Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
%D 2015
%B 2015
%9 
%! Real-time transesophageal echocardiography facilitates antegrade balloon aortic valvuloplasty
%K 
%X We report two cases of severe aortic stenosis (AS) where antegrade balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) was performed under real-time transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) guidance. Real-time TEE can provide useful information for evaluating the aortic valve response to valvuloplasty during the procedure. It was led with the intentional wire-bias technique in order to compress the severely calcified leaflet, and consequently allowed the balloon to reach the largest possible size and achieve full expansion of the aortic annulus.
%U https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/8292
%V 6
%N 2
%P 172-179
%@ 2223-3660