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We conducted this study to explore whether aortic valvuloplasty is appropriate for the rheumatic population. A comprehensive search was conducted, and 7 eligible retrospective studies were identified from PubMed, Embase, Medline and Cochrane (up to April 7, 2020) according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data for hospital mortality, 5-year survival, 5-year reoperation, aortic insufficiency grade (AIG) and aortic valve gradient (AVG) were extracted by 2 independent reviewers and were analysed to evaluate the safety and availability of aortic valvuloplasty for rheumatic patients. The heterogeneity of the results was estimated using the Q test and I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> statistics. The fixed pooling model was used when I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009\u2264\u200950%; otherwise, the random pooling model was selected. 7 articles with 418 patients were included. The pooled hospital mortality, 5-year survival and 5-year reoperation rates were 3.2%, 94.5% and 9.9%, respectively. The heterogeneities of the weighted mean differences (WMD) values of the AIG and AVG between preoperation and postoperation were extremely high (I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200981.5%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001 in AIG, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u200997.6%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003 in AVG). Subgroup analysis suggested that the AIG and AVG were improved by 3.03 grades (I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and 3.16\u00a0mmHg (I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) in the European group, respectively. In the Asian group, the AIG and AVG were improved by 2.57 grades (I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and 34.39\u00a0mmHg (I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), respectively. Compared with the values at discharge, the AIG was increased by 0.15 grades (I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.031) and the AVG was still decreased by 2.07\u00a0mmHg (I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2009=\u20090%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.031) at the time of follow up. 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