Successful MitraClip™ implantation in a 15-year-old patient with multiple prior cardiac surgeries

• Verfasst von: Gorenflo, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Katus, Hugo [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Bekeredjian, Raffi [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Successful MitraClip™ implantation in a 15-year-old patient with multiple prior cardiac surgeries
• Verf.angabe: Matthias Gorenflo, Hugo A. Katus, Raffi Bekeredjian
• Umfang: 3 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 05.04.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Cardiology in the young
• Jahr Quelle: 2013
• Band/Heft Quelle: 23(2013), 4, S. 620-622
• ISSN Quelle: 1467-1107
• DOI: doi:10.1017/S1047951112001217
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1571723056

Abstract

Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using the MitraClipTM has not been used in children. The patient in this reported case was a 15-year-old male adolescent who presented postnatally with severe aortic valve stenosis and dysplasia of the mitral valve. The boy underwent surgical valvuloplasty at the age of 3 months and an aortoventriculoplasty with three re-operations. At the age of 15 years, he developed severe mitral valve regurgitation. Owing to high surgical risks, a MitraClipTM was implanted with a reduction of mitral regurgitation from grade 4+ to 2+, translating into a rapid clinical improvement.