Yuan Shi-Min, Shinfeld Amihay, Raanani Ehud
Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Dec;7(6):1131-3. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2008.186627. Epub 2008 Aug 27.
A critically ill patient had a major mitral paravalvular leak, failed device closure of the leak, and severe hemolytic anemia after a third mitral valve replacement. Echocardiography showed the Amplatzer occluder device completely displaced and swirled in the left atrial cavity. His condition was greatly improved after a fourth mitral valve replacement.