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Repeated mitral valve replacement in a patient with extensive annular calcification

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2011
Background Mitral valve replacement in the presence of severe annular calcification is a technical challenge. Case report A 47-year-old lady who had undergone mitral and aortic valve replacement for rheumatic disease 27 years before presented with ...
Kitamura Tadashi, Fukuda Sachito, Sawada Takahiro, Miura Sumio, Kigawa Ikutaro, Miyairi Takeshi   +5 more
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First Experience Using a Nonfenestrated Cardioform Septal Occluder for Closure of Giant Mitral Paravalvular Leak

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
A variety of fenestrated vascular plugs have been used to seal paravalvular leaks with meaningful success; however, incomplete closure and refractory hemolysis remains a common problem.
Roberto J. Cubeddu, MD, Alexandra M. Sanchez, MD, Eduardo Perez, MD, Jose Sleiman, MD, David Lopez, MD, Jose L. Navia, MD   +5 more
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Percutaneous closure of a large aortic paravalvular leak using two duct occluder devices

Indian Heart Journal, 2013
A 21-year-old male presented with severe aortic paravalvular leak. He had undergone three cardiac surgeries and also had chronic kidney disease. It was decided for a trans-catheter closure owing to the risks of a fourth surgery and co-morbidity.
Navaneetha Sasikumar, Premsekar Rajasekar, Raghavan Suramanyan   +2 more
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Percutaneous Valvular Closure Followed by TAV-in-TAV Intervention during a Single Procedure in order to Treat a Severe Paravalvular Leak after Performing TAVI in a Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2019
In an era where transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) indications and utilization are expanding beyond high-risk patients, paravalvular leak remains the intervention’s Achilles heel. Effective reduction of paravalvular leak is important in order
Georgios Tzimas, Eric Eeckhout, Panagiotis Antiochos, Christan Roguelov, Stephane Fournier, Brahim Harbaoui, Pierre Monney, Olivier Muller   +7 more
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Paravalvular Regurgitation: Clinical Outcomes in Surgical and Percutaneous Treatments

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2016
Background: Paravalvular regurgitation (paravalvular leak) is a serious and rare complication associated with valve replacement surgery. Studies have shown a 3% to 6% incidence of paravalvular regurgitation with hemodynamic repercussion. Few studies have
Carlos Passos Pinheiro, Daniele Rezek, Eduardo Paiva Costa, Edvagner Sergio Leite de Carvalho, Freddy Antonio Brito Moscoso, Percy Richard Chavez Taborga, Andreia Dias Jeronimo, Alexandre Antonio Cunha Abizaid, Auristela Isabel de Oliveira Ramos   +8 more
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Mitral Paravalvular Leak 3D Printing from 3D-Transesophageal Echocardiography

Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2023
Background: Paravalvular leaks can be detected in almost 15% of patients after mitral valve prosthesis implantation. This complication can result in congestive heart failure and hemolysis.
Marek Jedrzejek, Michal Kozlowski, Ewa Peszek-przybyla, Tomasz Jadczyk, Piotr Pysz, Wojciech Wojakowski, Grzegorz Smolka   +6 more
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Progressive breathlessness post mitral valve replacement

The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2016
Paravalvular leak occurs in 1–5% patients following surgical valve replacement and is associated with complications including haemolysis, heart failure and endocarditis. Re-do surgery is difficult with mortality rates approaching 16%.
Conor McQuillan, Judith Tweedie
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Transfermoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation using self-expanding Allegra bioprosthesis: One-year single-center outcomes

Cardiology Journal, 2021
BACKGROUND: The NAUTILUS study aimed to evaluate the safety and performance of the Allegra bioprosthesis in high-risk recipients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation and previously reported 30-day outcomes.
Joanna Milan, Mirosław Gozdek, Radosław Targoński, Mariusz Kowalewski, Aleksandra Stańska, Marcin Fijałkowski, Romuald Lango, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Dariusz Jagielak   +8 more
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Aortic Paravalvular Leak Repair

JACC: Case Reports, 2019
A 71-year-old male with endocarditis mediated severe paravalvular leak and nonischemic cardiomyopathy underwent percutaneous repair attempts with a closure device followed by valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic replacement procedure.
Mohamed Abdel-Aal Ahmed, MD, Yan Yatsynovich, MD, Tharmathai Ramanan, MD, Gerald Colern, NP, Rosemary Hansen, DNP, Thomas Cimato, MD, PhD, Susan Graham, MD, Brian Page, MD, Vijay Iyer, MD, PhD   +8 more
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A Tricky Percutaneous Paravalvular Leak Closure Two Years After Implantation of 3f Enable Sutureless Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, 2016
Sutureless valves were designed in an attempt to simplify the aortic valve replacement procedure and reduce extracorporeal circuit time, whilst allowing complete excision of the calcified native valve using a minimally invasive approach. Elderly patients
Vasileios F. Panoulas, Matteo Montorfano, Maurizio Taramasso, Gennaro Giustino, Giovanni La Canna, Azeem Latib, Antonio Colombo   +6 more
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