| Title |
Surgical vs. catheter-based paravalvular mitral valve leak closure (trans apical approach). Early results. Single center experience / |
| Authors |
Zorinas, Aleksejus ; Janušauskas, Vilius ; Šimkauskas, Rokas ; Ručinskas, Kęstutis ; Aidietis, Audrius |
| DOI |
10.1186/1749-8090-10-S1-A320 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Journal of cardiothoracic surgery.. London : BioMed Central Ltd.. 2015, vol. 10, suppl. 1, art. no. A320, [p. 1].. eISSN 1749-8090 |
| Keywords [eng] |
mitral valve ; alternative transcstheter ; catheter-based |
| Abstract [eng] |
Following surgical mitral valve replacement paravalvular leaks may occur in up to 17% of patients. A significant fraction of these patients present with a symptoms of heart failure and/or anaemia. Conventional surgical clo- sure is associated with increased morbidity and mortal- ity. Alternative transcatheter closure has been developed and being introduced into the clinical practice with a reasonable success. More evidence is needed to compare the efficacy and safety between surgical and catheter- based paravalvular mitral valve leak closure. |
| Published |
London : BioMed Central Ltd |
| Type |
Conference paper |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2015 |
