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Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure
Early experience of percutaneous paravalvular leak closure using a novel Occlutech occluder
Omer Goktekin1*, MD; Mehmet Akif Vatankulu1, MD; Hakan Ozhan2, MD; Yasin Ay3, MD; Mehmet Ergelen1, MD; Abdurrahman Tasal1, MD; Cemalettin Aydin3, MD; Ziya İsmail1, MD; İsmail Ates4, MD; Ziyad Hijazi5, MD
1. Department of Cardiology, Bezmialem University, Istanbul, Turkey; 2. Department of Cardiology, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey; 3. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bezmialem University, Istanbul, Turkey; 4. Medline Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turke
Aims: Paravalvular regurgitation is an important complication of mitral valve replacement. Although surgical repair is mostly recommended, it is associated with significant morbidity. On
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aortic valve diseasemitral valve diseasevalvular heart disease
Interventions for valvular diseaseOther valvular and structural interventions
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