The echocardiographic-fluoroscopic fusion imaging is a new imaging system which has
recently become available, with the proposal to facilitate catheters and device navigation …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to report the use trends and immediate and long-term
outcomes of a large cohort of patients who underwent redo surgery or transcatheter repair of …

Structural heart disease is a rapidly evolving field, and approaches to procedural training
are not standardized. We describe a novel modular approach to procedural training that …

Background: Paravalvular leak occurs in 5–17% of patients following surgical valve
replacement, more often in mitral position. The prognosis without treatment is poor …

Background In patients with symptomatic mitral PVL, successful transcatheter reduction of
the PVL to less than mild is associated with significant improvement in short-and midterm …

Paravalvular leak (PVL) is an important complication after surgical valve replacement and
might lead to serious clinical results, including heart failure and/or hemolytic anemia. PVLs …

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a leading cause of valvular heart disease, 1 but up to half of
patients with moderate to severe MR are not referred for conventional mitral valve surgery …

Background Closure of a percutaneous paravalvular leak (PVL) is a technically challenging
procedure because of the specific anatomy postoperatively and the complex catheter …

LETTER TO ThE EDITOR tion due to the presence of a high trans-prosthetic gradient and a
severe paravalvular leak that had not been detected during previous echocardiographic …

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to review the experiences with transcatheter
closure of mitral PVL after surgical valve replacement. Background. Transcatheter closure of …