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Percutaneous closure of paravalvular leak and ventricular septum defect
Author(s) -
Smolka Grzegorz,
Pysz Piotr,
Ochała Andrzej
Publication year - 2011
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.22970
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , cardiology , leak , endocarditis , closure (psychology) , heart failure , infective endocarditis , surgery , aortic valve , radiology , market economy , environmental engineering , economics , engineering
Abstract We report a case of a patient with history of complicated infective endocarditis. Following aortic valve replacement, he developed heart failure symptoms related to paravalvular leak and ventricular septum defect. Comprehensive multimodality imaging allowed planning a simultaneous closure of both with a single device. Successfully accomplished procedure resulted in significant abatement of symptoms and reduction of ventricles dilatation. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.