Treatment/Procedure: Balloon Valvuloplasty

Balloon valvuloplasty is an advanced heart procedure that is done to repair scarred mitral heart valve in patients with rheumatic heart disease. UAMS Health is home to one of only a handful of doctors in the nation who performs this procedure.

A balloon valvuloplasty was recently performed on a woman in the middle of her fifth month of pregnancy who came to UAMS with severe heart failure. By performing this procedure, open heart surgery was avoided, which would have posed a very serious risk to the patient and her baby.

Providers Performing or Prescribing Balloon Valvuloplasty

Note that every provider listed below may not perform or prescribe Balloon Valvuloplasty for all conditions related to it. Review each provider for availability.

Locations Providing Balloon Valvuloplasty

Note that Balloon Valvuloplasty may not be performed at every location listed below. The list may include locations where the treatment plan is developed during and after a patient visit.

Cardiology Clinic at the UAMS Medical Center (Part of Heart Center)

4110 Outpatient Circle
Outpatient Center
Little Rock, AR 72205

Appointment Phone Number: 501-686-8000
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Areas of Expertise for Balloon Valvuloplasty

doctor using stethoscope to exam patient heart

Adult Heart Care

Trust your heart to the UAMS Health specialists, offering both surgical and minimally-invasive procedures to keep your heart in peak performance.

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Cardiac Electrophysiology (Part of Adult Heart Care)

The heart is one of the body's most unique muscles. Always pumping, it keeps a steady pace and does its duty of supplying blood to muscles, organs, and tissues.

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