title: Novel use of the Amplatzer duct occluder to close perivalvar leak involving a prosthetic mitral valve.
abstract: Perivalvar leak following atrioventricular valve replacement can result in heart failure or hemolytic anemia. These patients may be poor surgical candidates given a complex clinical condition. We describe transcatheter closure of a perivalvar leak in a 3-month infant who had undergone left atrioventricular valve replacement with a St. Jude's prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. kort_h@kids.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Henry W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kort
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sharkey
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Balzer
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012086:Reoperation