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Texas Heart Institute, Texas Heart Institute Journal, 5(42), p. 443-447, 2015

DOI: 10.14503/thij-14-4239

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Combined Retrograde/Antegrade Approach to Transcatheter Closure of an Aortic Paravalvular Leak

Journal article published in 2015 by Abdulla A. Damluji ORCID, Husnu E. Kaynak, Alan W. Heldman
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

New interventional techniques have made transcatheter closure of aortic paravalvular leaks a viable therapeutic option to treat the sequelae of these defects, including congestive heart failure and hemolysis. We report the transcatheter closure of an aortic paravalvular leak via a combined retrograde/antegrade approach. This was necessary because of difficulty in crossing the defect with a sheath from the retrograde approach. This technique might be useful in application to other difficult structural heart interventions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a treated paravalvular leak around a Mitroflow® Aortic Pericardial Heart Valve.