… 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. …

… In the present study, the single-centre experience with the surgical and percutaneous TAp
treatment of PVL in selected high-risk patients was reported. Notably, the two categories were …

OBJECTIVES Paravalvular leak (PVL) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after mitral
valve replacement. Risk factors and data on long-term surgical outcomes are lacking. …

… Practice patterns and choice of procedure might differ among institutions on the basis of
individual institutional experience with complex percutaneous PVL repair and redo mitral valve …

… Paravalvular regurgitation or leak (PVL), defined as abnormal retrograde flow between the
sewing ring and the native valve annulus, is a well-known complication after cardiac valve …

Most mitral paravalvular leaks (PVLs) occur during the first year after mitral valve replacement
(MVR). This report describes the surgical management of 6 patients who developed very …

… The 6 devices most frequently used for paravalvular leak closure with frequencies. AVP3 (Amplatzer
Vascular Plug 3, St Jude Medical [SJM]), ADO (Amplatzer Duct Occluder, SJM), …

… Moderate to severe paravalvular leak … paravalvular defect, estimate defect size, and determine
optimal crossing angles for the device deployment. Top right, Post mitral paravalvular leak …

… is a single-centre experience without systematic serial echocardiographic follow-up and
it covers a long period of time over which our understanding and management of leaks was …

… Although the differences in baseline characteristics and the effect of institutional experience
and referral bias cannot be completely adjusted for, these findings were consistent among …