title: Amplatzer occlusion of paravalvular leak of mitral mechanical prosthesis following a reoperation for thrombosed mitral mechanical prosthesis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Special Hospital for Cardiac Surgery Filip Vtori, Skopje, Macedonia.
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nikolic
authors.forename: Ditmaer
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schranz
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hristov
authors.forename: Zan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mitrev
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020878:Device Removal; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography