Cardiac imaging in prosthetic paravalvular leaks

Prosthetic paravalvular leak (PVL) is a serious complication after surgical valve replacement secondary to an inappropriate sealing of the prosthetic ring to the native cardiac tissue producing peri-prosthetic regurgitation. Although most of the cases consist on mild and asymptomatic regurgitations that are usually detected as an incidental finding, a small percentage of patients shows large and clinically significant regurgitations