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Postdilatation ballooning of an Edwards ELITE rapid deployment bioprosthesis for a severe paravalvular leak
Author(s) -
Gennari Marco,
Trabattoni Piero,
Polvani Gianluca,
Agrifoglio Marco
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12783
Subject(s) - medicine , ballooning , leak , prosthesis , surgery , cardiology , software deployment , physics , plasma , quantum mechanics , environmental engineering , engineering , tokamak , computer science , operating system
Abstract Severe paravalvular leak may be observed following rapid deployment aortic valve implantation. We report an open off‐label use of postdilatation ballooning of an Edwards Intuity ELITE aortic prosthesis to manage an intraoperative paravalvular leak.