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

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.

SUBMITTER: Damluji AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591883 | biostudies-other | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other