Percutaneous closure of prosthetic paravalvular leaks: Case series and review

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 528-533

  Pate, Gordon E ^a   Al Zubaidi, Abdul ^a   Chandavimol, Mann ^a   Thompson, Christopher R ^a   Munt, Bradley I ^a   Webb, John G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic; Mitral; Perivalvular; Prosthetic; Valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PARAVALVULAR LEAK; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 33749603907     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20795     Document Type: Review

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