Abstract
New interventional techniques have made transcatheter closure of aortic paravalvular leaks a viable therapeutic option to treat the sequelae of these defects, including congestive heart failure and hemolysis. We report the transcatheter closure of an aortic paravalvular leak via a combined retrograde/antegrade approach. This was necessary because of difficulty in crossing the defect with a sheath from the retrograde approach. This technique might be useful in application to other difficult structural heart interventions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a treated paravalvular leak around a Mitroflow® Aortic Pericardial Heart Valve.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 443-447 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Texas Heart Institute Journal |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortic valve
- Congestive heart failure
- Echocardiography
- Heart valve prosthesis
- Percutaneous closure
- Transesophageal
- Treatment outcome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Damluji, A. A., Kaynak, H. E., & Heldman, A. W. (2015). Combined retrograde/antegrade approach to transcatheter closure of an aortic paravalvular leak. Texas Heart Institute Journal, 42(5), 443-447. https://doi.org/10.14503/THIJ-14-4239