%0 Journal Article %T Valvuloplast¨ªa A¨®rtica con bal¨®n como puente para reemplazo valvular a¨®rtico percut¨¢neo o quir¨²rgico en el manejo de la estenosis a¨®rtica severa %A Maluenda %A Gabriel %A Ben-Dor %A Itsik %A Barbash %A Israel %A Dvir %A Dani %A Okubagzi %A Petros %A Torguson %A Rebecca %A Amare %A Rahewana %A Xue %A Zhenyi %A Lindsay %A Joseph %A Satler %A Lowell F %A Waksman %A Ron %A Pichard %A Augusto %J Revista chilena de cardiolog¨ªa %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-85602012000100001 %X background: the recent introduction of percutaneous aortic valve replacement (pavr) has become a stimulus to perform percutaneous aortic balloon valvu-loplasty (pabv) in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (as) as a bridge to valve replacement (avr) aim: to determine success rates and clinical results of pabv alone vs those obtained with pabv followed by either surgical or percutaneous avr. method: 472 patients with severe as underwent a total of 538 pabv procedures. 378 (82%) were treated with pabv alone (group i). in group ii, 85 patients (18%) had pabv followed by either pavr (n=65) or surgical avr (n=20). a successful pabv was defined as >40% reduction in mean aortic valve pressure gradient or >40% increase in aortic valve area results: groups i and ii were comparable regarding age (81.7¡À8.3 vs. 83.2¡À10.9 years, p=0.18), sts score (13.1¡À6.2 vs. 12.4¡À6.4, p=0.4) and logistic euroscore (45.4¡À22.3 vs. 46.9¡À21.8, p=0.43). mean increase in ava was 0.39¡À0.25 cm2 in group i and 0.42¡À0.26 cm2 in group ii (p=0.33). mean aortic valve pressure gradient decreased 24.1¡À13.1 mmhg in group i and 27 ¡À1.8 mmhg in group ii (p=0.06). pabv was not successful in 81 patients (15%). as expected, repeated pabv was the main predictor for failure (hr 4.34[95%, ci 2.2-8.3], p<0.001). midterm mortality rate was 55.2% (214 patients) in group i and 22.3% (19 patients) in group ii (p<0.001). intra-pro-cedure mortality was identical in both groups (2%). stroke occurred in 2.3% of patients in group i vs 1.6% in group ii. conclusion: in high risk patients with severe as and temporary contraindication for percutaneous or surgical avr, pabv may be used as a bridge for intervention with good midterm results. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-85602012000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en