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SUBMITTER: Mantovani F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7485726 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mantovani Francesca F Clavel Marie-Annick MA Potenza Antonella A Leuzzi Chiara C Grimaldi Teresa T Vignali Luigi L Navazio Alessandro A Guiducci Vincenzo V
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Whether balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) may provide an effective palliation in symptomatic high-risk patients is uncertain. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate outcomes in symptomatic high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), who underwent BAV. All-cause mortality and length of hospitalization for heart failure (HF) up to death or to 1-year follow up were collected after BAV. One hundred thirty-two (132) patients (62% women), mean age 85±7 years, underwent BAV with a substantial reduct ...[more]