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Shazib Sagheer1, Shane Prejean2, Thomas Watts2
1University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, United States of America.
Abstract:
TAVR is increasingly becoming a common treatment for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Although there has been marked reduction in intra-procedural complications with evolution in the TAVR technology, these complications remain a challenge. We present a unique case of paravalvular leak (PVL) and iatrogenic ventricular septal defect as a result of closing attempts of PVL. We aim to highlight our procedural approach to percutaneously repair the aforementioned complications using our heart team approach for decision making.
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