Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Department of Echocardiography at Notre Dame de Secours, Jbeil, Lebanon

Publications

• Case Report   
  Paravalvular Leaks with Iatrogenic Ventricular Septal Defect in a Patient with Double Valve Replacement: A Case Report
  Author(s): Tabbah R*, Rachoin R, Sawaya F, Harb B and Saroufim K
  
  Background: Para-prosthetic leaks post valvular replacement is a relatively rare complication. Burden of mortality and morbidity and recurrence increase with reoperation. Hemolysis is commonly seen in paravalvular leaks (PVL). Transcatheter repair is a less invasive technique with lower procedural mortality risk. Case presentation: A 59-year-old male patient, presented to his primary physician for dyspnea on exertion with no known previous medical history. Cardiac ultrasound revealed an aortic and mitral valve disease. A severely calcified aortic valve with a moderately severe aortic regurgitation grade II to III and an aortic area of 1.3 cm2. On the other hand, a severely calcified mitral valve mainly the anterior leaflet and a severe mitral regurgitation grade III with a mean gradient of 7 mmHg. Patient was sent for s.. Read More»
  

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