Transapical closure of mitral prosthetic paravalvular leak

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2013 Sep-Oct;54(5):397-400.

Abstract

Clinically significant mitral prosthetic paravalvular leaks may occur in up to 5% of patients following surgical mitral valve replacement. Successful closure may offer relief from symptoms of heart failure and hemolysis, but surgical closure is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Alternative transcatheter closure techniques are being developed. We present a patient who was successfully treated via a transapical approach with deployment of an amplatzer duct occluder type I closure device under real-time two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Septal Occluder Device
  • Treatment Outcome