Treatment of a severely degenerated mitral valve bioprosthesis with simultaneous transapical paravalvular leak closure and valve-in-valve implantation

Eur Heart J. 2012 Aug;33(15):1976. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr439. Epub 2011 Nov 29.

Authors

Christoph Hammerstingl¹, Georg Nickenig, Matthias Endlich, Fritz Mellert, Wolfgang Schiller

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Pneumology and Angiology, Medizinische Klinik II, University of Bonn, 53105 Bonn, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 22127417
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr439

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bioprosthesis*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Edema / etiology
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Mitral Valve*
Prosthesis Failure / adverse effects*