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A Quick Guide to Paravalvular Leak Closure
Author(s) -
Sameer Gafoor,
Jennifer Franke,
Stefan Bertog,
Simon S. K. Lam,
Laura Vaškelytė,
Ilona Hofmann,
Horst Sievert,
Predrag Matić
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
interventional cardiology reviews research resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1756-1477
pISSN - 1756-1485
DOI - 10.15420/icr.2015.10.2.112
Subject(s) - medicine , closure (psychology) , cardiology , leak , environmental engineering , economics , engineering , market economy
Paravalvular leak (PVL) is a seldomly covered aspect of structural heart disease. However, this is a condition that frequently presents after valvular replacement. This article will cover the diagnosising and treating PVL (i.e. imaging, access, and device selection). In addition, specific aspects of aortic and mitral PVL closure will be covered in this review.

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