Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty for Aortic and Mitral Valve Disease
Balloon valvuloplasty is a nonsurgical procedure performed to repair stenosis (narrowing) of either the aortic or mitral valves.
During the procedure a special catheter is threaded into a blood vessel in the patient’s groin, guided into the heart and advanced to the narrowed heart valve. Once in the narrowed heart valve, the balloon in the catheter is inflated in an effort to increase the opening size of the valve, thereby improving blood flow. Balloon valvuloplasty is:
- A “bridge” to surgery in patients who are at high risk for aortic valve or mitral valve heart surgery
- An option to relieve symptoms in patients with other serious medical conditions that prevent performance of aortic valve or mitral valve heart surgery
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Locations Performing this Treatment
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Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
25 N. Winfield RoadWinfield, IL 60190placePhone 630.232.0280 -
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland RoadMain EntranceLake Forest, IL 60045placePhone 847.534.3278 -
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
675 N. Saint Clair St.Nineteenth Floor, Suite 100Chicago, IL 60611placePhone 312.NM.HEART (664.3278) -
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
25 N. Winfield RoadWinfield, IL 60190place -
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
300 Randall RoadGeneva, IL 60134place -
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital 351 Building
351 Delnor DriveGeneva, IL 60134placePhone 630.208.3000 -
Northwestern Medicine Glenview Outpatient Center
2701 Patriot Blvd.Glenview, IL 60026place -
Northwestern Medicine Grayslake Outpatient Center
1475 E. Belvidere RoadGrayslake, IL 60030place -
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland RoadLake Forest, IL 60045place -
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron St.Chicago, IL 60611place -
Northwestern Medicine Wheaton Blanchard Circle
7 Blanchard CircleWheaton, IL 60189placePhone 630.933.4800