Trileaflet Mitral Valve Treated with the MitraClip ® System.

Trileaflet Mitral Valve Treated with the MitraClip® System. J Heart Valve Dis. 2017 Sep;26(5):589-591 Authors: Rodríguez-Santamarta M, Estévez-Loureiro R, Benito-González T, Gualis J, Garrote C, Pérez de Prado A, Fernández-Vázquez F Abstract A 79-year-old woman with a history of ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, severely depressed left ventricular ejection fraction and significant mitral regurgitation (MR) was admitted to the authors´ institution for percutaneous mitral valve repair. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed the presence of a posterior mitral cleft at the P2 level, causing a trileaflet mitral valve that contributed significantly to the regurgitant jet. The procedure was performed under general anesthesia and guided by real-time three-dimensional TEE. Three MitraClip® devices (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA) were implanted, which reduced the MR to grade 1+. PMID: 29762929 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Heart Valve Disease - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Heart Valve Dis Source Type: research