DOI: 10.12890/2025_005138

Percutaneous management of paravalvular leak-related hemolytic anemia after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Authors

  • Abiodun Idowu Department of Medicine, Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, USA
  • Christian Witzke Division of Interventional Cardiology, Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, USA

Abiodun.Idowu@jefferson.edu

Keywords

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, paravalvular leak, hemolytic anemia

Abstract

We present a case of a patient with severe intravascular hemolytic anemia from a paravalvular leak after transcatheter aortic valve replacement and describe a technique of percutaneous repair of the leak with a vascular plug that resolved the patient’s transfusion-dependent hemolysis.

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Published

2025-01-27

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2025)

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Idowu A, Witzke C. Percutaneous management of paravalvular leak-related hemolytic anemia after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2025 Jan. 27 [cited 2026 Nov. 5];12(2). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/5138

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