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Case Reports
Repair of prosthetic mitral valve paravalvular leak using an off-pump transapical approach.
- Vinod H Thourani, Colleen M Smith, Robert A Guyton, Peter Block, David Liff, Patrick Willis, Stamatios Lerakis, Chesnal D Arepalli, Sharon Howell, Bryon J Boulton, James Stewart, and Vasilis Babaliaros.
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, USA. vthoura@emory.edu
- Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2012 Jul 1;94(1):275-8.
AbstractPatients 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.Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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