Novel use of the Amplatzer duct occluder to close perivalvar leak involving a prosthetic mitral valve

Henry W Kort; Angela M Sharkey; David T Balzer

doi:10.1002/ccd.10785

Novel use of the Amplatzer duct occluder to close perivalvar leak involving a prosthetic mitral valve

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004 Apr;61(4):548-51. doi: 10.1002/ccd.10785.

Authors

Henry W Kort¹, Angela M Sharkey, David T Balzer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, St Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15065155
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10785

Abstract

Perivalvar leak following atrioventricular valve replacement can result in heart failure or hemolytic anemia. These patients may be poor surgical candidates given a complex clinical condition. We describe transcatheter closure of a perivalvar leak in a 3-month infant who had undergone left atrioventricular valve replacement with a St. Jude's prosthesis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
Heart Atria / abnormalities
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Valve Diseases / etiology*
Heart Valve Diseases / therapy*
Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Infant
Male
Mitral Valve / abnormalities*
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Reoperation*