Repair of prosthetic mitral valve paravalvular leak using an off-pump transapical approach.
case_series · Level IV
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.035.
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Abstract
Patients who present with significant paravalvular regurgitation after mitral valve replacement remain a difficult patient population and high-risk surgical candidates. We present 3 cases of transapical closure of mitral valve paravalvular leak (PVL) after mitral valve replacement using Amplatzer closure devices (AGA Medical Corp, Plymouth, MN). All 3 patients experienced decreased regurgitation at the site of the closure as well as symptomatic improvement in their heart failure.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
- Mitral Valve