… surgery for symptomatic paravalvular leak (40 patients with aortic paravalvular leak; 82 with
mitral paravalvular leak). In 7 … In 35% of patients, multiple paravalvular leaks were present. …

… However, so far there has been no systematic report of real-world experience from a national
registry. We report the combined experience of percutaneous PVL closure from the United …

Objectives Paravalvular leaks (PVL) occur in up to 17% of all surgically implanted prosthetic
valves. Re-operation is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Transcatheter closure …

… Recently, the combined experience from the United Kingdom and Ireland has been published:
308 PVL closure procedures were attempted in 259 patients in 20 centres. Devices were …

… Patients with paravalvular regurgitation may present with congestive heart failure or hemolytic
… This paper reviews the evaluation of patients with paravalvular regurgitation, technical …

… The primary efficacy endpoint was technical success, defined according to the consensus
document from the Paravalvular Leak Academic Research Consortium: absence of procedural …

… Of these, 392 patients (76.3%) underwent isolated AVR, whereas combined procedures
were performed in 122 (23.7%) cases. Combined procedures included AVR and mitral valve …

Paravalvular leak (PVL) is a common and underdiagnosed condition affecting both surgical
and transcatheter prosthetic heart valves. 1–3 Characterised by a gap between the …

… An artist illustration for a novel technique of repair of mitral paravalvular leak: (A) if the leak
is located towards the interatrial septum, (B) it can be approached from the right atrial side of …

Background Significant paravalvular leak (PVL) after prosthetic replacement can result in
hemolysis and/or congestive heart failure (CHF). Percutaneous PVL reduction (PPVR) …