Repair of Paravalvular Leaks
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Deepak Talreja; Nadim Geloo
- Source
- Catheter Based Valve and Aortic Surgery ISBN: 9781493934300
- Subject
- Aortic valve
Prosthetic valve
medicine.medical_specialty
Percutaneous
business.industry
High mortality
Amplatzer device
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Mitral valve
Medicine
Paravalvular leak
business
Complication
- Language
Paravalvular leak (PVL) remains an important complication of surgically placed prosthetic valves. Treatment options historically have been limited to redo surgery, which is associated with a relatively high mortality and the need for repeat surgeries. Percutaneous techniques offer a less invasive yet highly successful alternative to surgery. We describe incidence, clinical presentation, and percutaneous approaches to repair of paravalvular leak with an Amplatzer device.