Balloon aortic valvuloplasty as a palliative treatment in patients with severe aortic stenosis and limited life expectancy: a single center experience

Francesca Mantovani; Marie-Annick Clavel; Antonella Potenza; Chiara Leuzzi; Teresa Grimaldi; Luigi Vignali; Alessandro Navazio; Vincenzo Guiducci

doi:doi:10.18632/aging.103862

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Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 16 pp 16597—16608

Balloon aortic valvuloplasty as a palliative treatment in patients with severe aortic stenosis and limited life expectancy: a single center experience

Figure 3. Impact of untreated coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients who underwent balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Kaplan-Meier curves of overall survival after BAV in patients with untreated vs. insignificant/treated CAD.