Tab. II.

Indications for the performance of balloon aortic valvuloplasty

1. Hemodynamic instability, BAV as a bridging therapy before AVR or TAVI

2. Emergency BAV in severe AS patients in cardiogenic shock

3. Unavailability of TAVI due to logistic or economic issues

4. Necessity of performing an urgent non-cardiac surgical procedure in a patient with severe symptomatic AS

5. The presence of concomitant neoplasms requiring further diagnostics

6. Therapeutic testing due to unclear AS symptoms with concomitant severe lung conditions or due to doubts concerning AS severity [9, 23]

BAV – balloon aortic valvuloplasty, AVR – aortic valve replacement, TAVI – transcatheter aortic valve implantation, AS – aortic stenosis