JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2019)

Percutaneous Paravalvular Leak Closure Early Post-MV Replacement With Retrieval of Embolized Muscular VSD Device

  • Reda Abuelatta, MD,
  • Hesham Abdo Naeim, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 4
pp. 471 – 476

Abstract

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This report describes a case of paravalvular leak (PVL) closure 20 days after surgery that was complicated by an embolized 10-mm device in a patient who underwent redo PVL closure after 6 months. Waiting for 3 months postoperatively to close a PVL is recommended. If earlier leak closure is mandatory, accepting a suboptimal result with a moderate residual leak is advised. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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