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Non infective severe aortic paravalvular leakage 7 years after surgery: the role of suture technique

We report a case of redo aortic prosthesis replacement for a severe paravalvular leak (PVL) in a man operated with continuous suture technique 7 years earlier. The severe aortic regurgitation was due to the rupture of the suture. In spite of operations to replace malfunctioning heart valves are comm...

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Autores principales: Agrifoglio, Marco, Filippini, Sara, Roberto, Maurizio, Zanobini, Marco, Gregorini, Luisa, Alamanni, Francesco
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3095550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21513562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-60