March 29, 2004Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Novel use of the Amplatzer duct occluder to close perivalvar leak involving a prosthetic mitral valve
Population
3-month infant with a perivalvar leak following left atrioventricular valve replacement with a St. Jude's…
Design
Case_report
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Discussion
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Implication
Feasibility shown in one infant; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Structured PICO
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Population
3-month infant with a perivalvar leak following left atrioventricular valve replacement with a St. Jude's prosthesis
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Intervention
Transcatheter closure of a perivalvar leak using an Amplatzer duct occluder
Demonstrates the feasibility of using an Amplatzer duct occluder for transcatheter closure of a perivalvar leak in an infant.
Cite This Study
Kort et al. (2004) studied this question.