Percutaneous Closure of 2 Paravalvular Leaks and a Gerbode Defect after Mitral Valve Replacement for Infective Endocarditis | Zendy

Jorge Peñalver | Zendy; Wassim Shatila | Zendy; Guilherme V. Silva | Zendy

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Percutaneous Closure of 2 Paravalvular Leaks and a Gerbode Defect after Mitral Valve Replacement for Infective Endocarditis

Author(s) -

Jorge Peñalver,

Wassim Shatila,

Guilherme V. Silva

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

texas heart institute journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1526-6702

pISSN - 0730-2347

DOI - 10.14503/thij-16-5996

Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , percutaneous , endocarditis , mitral valve replacement , surgery , mitral valve , closure (psychology) , valve replacement , cardiology , market economy , stenosis , economics

Surgical valve replacement after infective endocarditis can result in local destructive paravalvular lesions. A 30-year-old woman with infective endocarditis underwent mitral valve replacement that was complicated postoperatively by 2 paravalvular leaks. During percutaneous closure of the leaks, a Gerbode defect was also found and closed. We discuss our patient's case and its relation to others in the relevant medical literature. To our knowledge, we are the first to describe the use of a percutaneous approach to close concomitant paravalvular leaks and a Gerbode defect.

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