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Percutaneous closure of an aortic paravalvular leak via the transradial approach
Author(s) -
HildickSmith D.,
Behan M.W.H.,
De Giovanni J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.21043
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , cardiology , closure (psychology) , leak , surgery , environmental engineering , economics , engineering , market economy
Abstract Percutaneous closure of aortic and mitral paraprosthetic leaks using the Amplatzer Occluders (muscular ventricular septal defect occluder) is now a well recognized procedure although as “off label” use. Aortic paravalvular leak closure is usually carried out via transfemoral puncture, but problems with this approach include the need to stop warfarin and the inadequate length of standard delivery sheaths. We report the first case of percutaneous aortic paravalvular leak closure through via the transradial route. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.