[Experience in catheter balloon dilatation of the heart valves abd aorta in 1024 patients].

The paper gives the results of catheter balloon valvuloplasty (CVP) in 1042 patients: in 557 on the mitral valve, 148 on the aortic valve, 42 on the tricuspid valve, 211 on the pulmonary valve, 84 for aortic coarctation. It analyzes the late outcomes of CVP in 157 patients with mitral stenoses, 31 with congenital aortic ostial stenosis. The paper also demonstrates the good efficiency and relative safety of CVP.