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Amplatzer occlusion of paravalvular leak of mitral mechanical prosthesis following a reoperation for thrombosed mitral mechanical prosthesis

Special Hospital for Cardiac Surgery ‘Filip Vtori’, Skopje, Macedonia

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E-mail address: hristov{at}cardiosurgery.com.mk (N. Hristov).

We describe a case of a 46-year-old woman with dehiscence and paravalvular leak of a second-time replaced mitral mechanical prosthesis, successfully treated with Amplatzer occlusion of the paravalvular leak, thus avoiding a second reoperation and improving the patient's symptoms.

Key Words: Thrombosed mitral prosthetic valve; Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Reoperation; Paravalvular leak; Amplatzer occlusion