Percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to a high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention.

We describe a novel approach of using percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with refractory congestive heart failure, severe aortic stenosis, severe left ventricular dysfunction and severe 3-vessel coronary artery disease who was not a surgical candidate for aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting.