Paravalvular aortic prosthetic valve leak closure: technical aspects of the percutaneous approach

Stavros Hadjimiltiades; Antonis Ziakas; Vasilis Grosomanidis; Haralambos Karvounis; George Misias; Kyriakos Anastasiadis; John Styliadis

Paravalvular aortic prosthetic valve leak closure: technical aspects of the percutaneous approach

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2014 Jul-Aug;55(4):342-7.

Authors

Stavros Hadjimiltiades¹, Antonis Ziakas, Vasilis Grosomanidis, Haralambos Karvounis, George Misias, Kyriakos Anastasiadis, John Styliadis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 25039032

Abstract

We describe the successful closure of an aortic paravalvular bioprosthetic valve leak with the simultaneous percutaneous deployment of two vascular plugs.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Cardiac Catheterization*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Male
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Prosthesis Failure
Reoperation / methods