European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on August 9, 2008
European Heart Journal 2009 30(2):169; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn365
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Percutaneous closure of a paravalvular leak 4 years after mitral valve replacement
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
* Corresponding author. Tel: +41 218 042 837, Email: alain.delabays@ehc.vd.ch
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An 89-year-old man presented with global cardiac insufficiency 4 years after mitral valve replacement by a 29 mm St Jude mechanical valve for severe mitral insufficiency. In the immediate