Early paravalvular leak after conventional mitral valve replacement: A single-center analysis.

Matteo MatteucciSandro FerrareseCristiano CantoreVittorio MantovaniGiada PedroniGiangiuseppe CappabiancaClaudio CorazzariMariusz KowalewskiPaolo SevergniniRoberto LorussoCesare Beghi

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)

The incidence of early PVL after MVR is low. PVL is usually mild and develop more frequently along the posterior segment of the mitral valve annulus. Preoperative diagnosis of infective endocarditis increases the risk of PVL formation.

Keyphrases

mitral valve
left atrial
left ventricular
patients undergoing
aortic valve
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
heart failure