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Volume 110, Nº 3, March 2018

   

DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20180028

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Partial Prosthetic Mitral Valve Dehiscence: Transapical Percutaneous Closure

Catarina Ruivo

José Ribeiro

Alberto Rodrigues

Luís Vouga

Vasco Gama







Figure 1 – Panel A: 2D peri-processual transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) shows paravalvular regurgitation (yellow arrow) between left ventricle and left atrial appendage; Panel B: Defect 3D TEE with diameter measurement; Panel C: 3D TEE guiding the guidewire through the defect; Panel D: 3D TEE showing the device (asterisk) through the defect; Panel E: left coronary angiography without vascular involvement after occlusal implant (yellow arrow); Panel F: Light residual flux detected after device deployment (asterisk).





Keywords: Endocarditis; Mitral Valve Insufficiency; Aortic Valve Insufficiency; Echocardiography, Transesophageal.