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Follow-up blood testing showed stable hemoglobin and hematocrit with resolution of hemolysis. The patient was discharged home on post-procedure
day 8 after his warfarin was restarted and his inter- national normalized ratio was therapeutic. He was seen in follow-up by his primary cardiologist 2 weeks
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Figure 1. (Panel A) Left ventricular angiogram in the anterior posterior view showing the small lateral paravalvular leak with regur- gitation into the left atrium (arrows) measuring 1.22 mm proximal to the LV but does become slightly larger in caliber proximal to the LA. (Panel B) Catheter course with a veno-arterial loop from the right femoral vein to the right femoral artery. (Panel C) Left atrium angiogram performed with the Amplatzer® Vascular Plug II successfully deployed in the tract with no resdiual ow (arrows).
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Closure of Mitral Paravalvular Leak in an Infant
