Balloon rupturing of fused valves at angiography may represent a therapeutic alternative in cases in which surgical valvulotomy is associated with a high mortality.

In two months valvulotomy had been performed, with marked improvement, and she was instructed to resume normal activity, being advised that pregnancy was not contraindicated. A previous ...

The most important clinical application is the differentiation of tetralogy of Fallot from pulmonary valvular stenosis with an intact ventricular septum, the first requiring a shunting type of ...

Diagnosis is important because these patients develop cardiac failure following at Blalock-Taussig operation, but may be greatly helped by pulmonic valvulotomy.

SUDDEN occlusion of the aortic bifurcation by embolic clot released from the heart constitutes one of the rare but dramatically important emergency situations seen in medical practice. If such a ...

Front Line Medical Technologies Inc. COBRA-OS REBOA (large vessel balloon occlusion device; 4-F; 25-mm-diameter balloon; guidewire-free) Aortic Temporary occlusion of large blood vessels and/or ...

Cordis Angioguard RX Emboli Capture Guidewire System Filter Distal Indicated for use as a guidewire and EPS to contain and remove embolic material (thrombus/debris) while performing carotid artery ...