These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Spontaneous closure of paravalvular leak after mitral valve replacement.
    Author: Duvernoy WF, Gonzalez-Lavin L, Anbe DT.
    Journal: Chest; 1975 Jul; 68(1):102-4. PubMed ID: 1149507.
    Abstract:
    Complications after prosthetic valve replacement may be multiple. In biologic valves, valve detachment and cusp perforation may occur. If this is of significant magnitude, reoperation may be required. This report describes recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve replacement with a Hancock porcine xenograft. The regurgitation subsided spontaneously three months later. We felt that a paravalvular leak closed, with progressive fibrosis and tightening of the annulus. Functional results in this patient were excellent.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]