Severe paravalvular leak is generally a reason for the repetition of valve replacement surgery. On the contrary management of patients with mild and moderate defects is controversial. Long-term prognosis may be negatively affected if non-surgical strategy is adopted also in less symptomatic patients. The proposed technique of leak closure preserves the implanted prosthesis and may be useful in non-infective mild and moderate detachments. It may safely extend surgical treatment to less symptomatic patients suffering from this surgical complication
An alternative technique for non-infective paraprosthetic leakage repair / A. Moneta, E. Villa, F. Donatelli. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-7940. - 23:6(2003 Jun), pp. 1074-1075.
An alternative technique for non-infective paraprosthetic leakage repair
F. Donatelli
2003
Abstract
Severe paravalvular leak is generally a reason for the repetition of valve replacement surgery. On the contrary management of patients with mild and moderate defects is controversial. Long-term prognosis may be negatively affected if non-surgical strategy is adopted also in less symptomatic patients. The proposed technique of leak closure preserves the implanted prosthesis and may be useful in non-infective mild and moderate detachments. It may safely extend surgical treatment to less symptomatic patients suffering from this surgical complicationPubblicazioni consigliate
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