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Multiple paravalvular leak 17 years after a second mitral valve replacement

Paravalvular leak (PVL) after prosthetic valve implantation is a significant complication and it usually occurs early in the postoperative period. We report a case of multiple PVL 17 years after the second mitral valve replacement without evidence of infection. The valve sutures were neither cut nor...

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Autores principales: Jung, Tae-Eun, Lee, Dong-Hyup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23409727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-24