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Postdilatation ballooning of an Edwards ELITE rapid deployment bioprosthesis for a severe paravalvular leak
Marco Gennari1, Piero Trabattoni2, Gianluca Polvani1
1Cardiac Surgery Unit II, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|June 28, 2016
Abstract:
Severe paravalvular leak may be observed following rapid deployment aortic valve implantation. We report an open off-label use of postdilatation ballooning of an Edwards Intuity ELITE aortic prosthesis to manage an intraoperative paravalvular leak.
