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Chest, Vol 99, 1534-1535, Copyright © 1991 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Successful balloon aortic valvuloplasty in a patient with mitral valve endocarditis

MW Burket
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699.

A critically-ill 73-year-old man was admitted with simultaneous mitral valve endocarditis and aortic stenosis. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty was performed successfully and without complications and was followed by prompt clinical improvement. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty should be considered in patients with aortic stenosis and nonaortic valve endocarditis.




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