Percutaneous Closure of a Poorly Tolerated Ventricular Septal Defect After Triple Valvular Prosthesis Surgery

We describe the case of an 81-year-old woman with three biological prostheses at the aortic valve, mitral valve, and tricuspid valve with recurrent hospitalizations due to heart failure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect in the presence...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of invasive cardiology 2019-06, Vol.31 (6), p.E154-E154
Hauptverfasser:	Unzue, Leire, García, Eulogio, Díaz-Antón, Belén, Agudo, Pilar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged, 80 and over Aortic Valve - diagnostic imaging Aortic Valve - surgery Cardiac Catheterization - methods Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Echocardiography, Transesophageal Female Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - complications Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - diagnosis Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - surgery Heart Valve Diseases - complications Heart Valve Diseases - diagnosis Heart Valve Diseases - surgery Humans Mitral Valve - diagnostic imaging Mitral Valve - surgery Prosthesis Design Septal Occluder Device Tricuspid Valve - diagnostic imaging Tricuspid Valve - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe the case of an 81-year-old woman with three biological prostheses at the aortic valve, mitral valve, and tricuspid valve with recurrent hospitalizations due to heart failure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect in the presence of three valvular prostheses.
ISSN:	1557-2501