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What is old is new again: Making sense of aortic paravalvular leaks – Silent but deadly.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Sep2022, Vol. 37 Issue 9, p2607-2609. 3p.
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ISSN
0886-0440
Abstract
Keywords: aortic valve replacement; paravalvular leak; TAVR EN aortic valve replacement paravalvular leak TAVR 2607 2609 3 08/03/22 20220901 NES 220901 Since the introduction of prosthetic heart valves, paravalvular leaks (PVLs) have been an acknowledged, important complication following heart valve replacement. PVL remains one of the major complications of aortic valve replacement, and significant evidence exists that even mild, and certainly greater, PVL may negatively impact patient survival and symptomatic improvement. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis-predictors of mortality and poor treatment response. [Extracted from the article]