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SUBMITTER: Penalver J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5408634 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peñalver Jorge J Shatila Wassim W Silva Guilherme V GV
Texas Heart Institute journal 20170401 2
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 percut ...[more]