Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty for Aortic Stenosis

Table 2

Comparison of preprocedural and postprocedural cardiac function.

Variable	Before PBAV	After PBAV
NYHA cardiac function			<0.001
Grade I	3 (10.0%)	22 (73.3%)
Grade II	9 (30.0%)	4 (13.3%)
Grade III	10 (33.3%)	4 (13.3%)
Grade IV	8 (26.7%)	0 (0.0%)

Data are presented as n (%). NYHA: New York Heart Association; PBAV: percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty.