Four novel suture-sealing techniques to repair varying size paravalvular leaks

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BACKGROUND: Paravalvular leak (PVL) is a well-known complication of aortic valve replacement. Currently, there is no consensus on optimal intraoperative management of patients with mild-to-moderate or moderate PVL.

TECHNIQUE: In this paper we present four novel surgical techniques, each combining suturing with sealing technique, to repair aortic PVLs, nullifying the need to replace the prosthesis.

CONCLUSION: These techniques will offer cardiac surgeons new alternatives to the repair techniques currently used.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Journal of cardiac surgery - 36(2021), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 3848-3850

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zheng, Junnan [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Tingting [VerfasserIn]
Davies, Henry [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Shengjun [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Yiming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Paravalvular leak
Surgical repair
Valve replacement

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Date Completed 13.09.2021

Date Revised 13.09.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jocs.15819

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328331716