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SUBMITTER: Rosa B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5572817 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosa Benoit B Machaidze Zurab Z Mencattelli Margherita M Manjila Sunil S Shin Borami B Price Karl K Borger Michael A MA Thourani Vinod V Del Nido Pedro P Brown David W DW Baird Christopher W CW Mayer John E JE Dupont Pierre E PE
The Annals of thoracic surgery 20170901 3
<h4>Purpose</h4>There remains a paucity of direct visualization techniques for beating-heart intracardiac procedures. To address this need, we evaluated a novel cardioscope in the context of aortic paravalvular leaks (PVLs) localization and closure.<h4>Description</h4>A porcine aortic PVL model was created using a custom-made bioprosthetic valve, and PVL presence was verified by epicardial echocardiography. Transapical delivery of occlusion devices guided solely by cardioscopy was attempted 13 t ...[more]