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Paravalvular leak can lead to heart failure, infective endocarditis and hemolytic anemia. This is a 55 year-old man with a history of Mitral valve replacement (MVR) who developed dyspnea and hemolytic anemia. TTE and TEE demonstrated severe paravalvular leakage. (PVL)
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Area of Dehiscence of metallic valve clearly seen by 3d TEE 112 degree midesophageal view(red arrows) (AVI 456 kb)
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Rohani, A. (2019). Metallic MV Paravalvular Leak. In: Clinical Cases in the Echocardiography Lab . Clinical Cases in Cardiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16618-2_14
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