Transcatheter treatment of Starr-Edwards paravalvular leaks

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2016 Dec:17 Suppl 2:e218-e220. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000105.

Abstract

: A 56-year-old patient was referred because of refractory heart failure and mild haemolysis caused by multiple, severe paravalvular leaks of a Starr-Edwards valve implanted in mitral position 23 years before. Owing to perceived high risk of surgical re-valving, percutaneous paravalvular leak occlusion was performed by implantation of multiple, simultaneously deployed Amplatzer Vascular Plugs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization* / instrumentation
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Hemolysis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Treatment Outcome