Open AccessPercutaneous transapical closure of paravalvular leak in bioprosthetic mitral valve without radio-opaque indicators
Author(s) -
Murat Çeli̇k,
Uygar Çağdaş Yüksel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2223-3660
pISSN - 2223-3652
DOI - 10.21037/cdt.2018.10.07
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , cardiology , closure (psychology) , coronary sinus , leak , mitral valve , surgery , environmental engineering , economics , engineering , market economy
Placement of radio-opaque indicators in coronary sinus and aortic non-coronary cusp can help to describe the mitral valve contours fluoroscopically during percutaneous transcatheter closure of paravalvular leak (PVL) in invisible mitral valve bioprosthesis.