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Retrograde transcatheter device closure of a complex paravalvular leak after bioprosthetic pulmonary valve replacement in a pediatric patient
Author(s) -
Chikkabyrappa Sathish,
Mosca Ralph S.,
McElhinney Doff B.
Publication year - 2016
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.26316
Subject(s) - medicine , closure (psychology) , cardiology , stenosis , cardiac catheterization , surgery , pulmonary valve , leak , valve replacement , pulmonary valve stenosis , environmental engineering , economics , engineering , market economy
We report a case of retrograde transcatheter device closure of a complex paravalvular leak (PVL) after bioprosthetic pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in a 13‐year‐old patient with congenital pulmonary valve stenosis. There are prior reports of pulmonary PVL closure after PVR in adults (Seery and Slack, Congenit Heart Dis 2014;9:E19–F22), but indications for and technical considerations in PVL closure after bioprosthetic PVR, particularly in children, are not well defined. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.