scholarly journals Mitraclip for high risk patients with barlow mitral valve disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Gavazzoni ◽  
M Taramasso ◽  
D Voci ◽  
A Pozzoli ◽  
M Miura ◽  
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Abstract Background No data have been published to now about the outcomes of MitraClip in inoperable patients with Barlow's Mitral Valve Disease. Despite the technical advantages of the new generation of MitraClips, the length and the thickness of the mitral leaflets and presence of flails with complete eversion and pseudo-cleft are challenging MitraClip procedure. Purpose To analyse the results of MitraClip in inoperable patients with Barlow's disease of Mitral valve. Methods We retrospectively collected the cases of MR in Barlow's disease treated with MitraClip in our institution from 2012 to 2018. The case were included in the analysis in presence of the following characteristics: bileaflet billowing or prolapse [or both], excessive leaflet tissue, and annular dilatation with or without calcification. Results We included in this analysis 59 patients (mean age 78±8 years, STS mortality score 4±2.9%). Echo data at baseline showed normal left ventricle ejection fraction and diastolic volume and increased left atrial volume index. Half of the included patients had a chordal rupture (n=27, 47%) and in 14 patients (23%) calcification of annulus and/or leaflet was diagnosed. The mean procedural time was 92±41min with a technical success (M-VARC) of 100% and more than 80% of patients requiring more than 1 clip. At 30 days follow-up the device success and the procedural success were respectively 59% and 56%. The mean diastolic mitral valve gradient was 3.1±1.5mmHg. At 30 days follow-up, 91% of the patients were NYHA class II stable patients; no death and no hospitalization occurred. During a median follow-up time of 412 days (IQR: 209–992 days) death for any cause occurred in 23% of the patients (n=14) and 16% of the patients (n=10) died because of a cardiovascular cause; 10 patients were re-hospitalized for heart failure and 5% of the patients (n=3) underwent an open-heart surgery at follow-up time. At univariate cox regression analysis the 1-Y composite end-point (death for any cause, HF re-hospitalization, MV surgery) was predicted by LV dimensions and 30 days procedural success. Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first analysis of outcomes of Barlow's disease treated with MitraClip. Despite a high incidence of MR recurrence, we observed a good clinical response in term of NYHA class and mortality rate. Left ventricle size and 30-day procedural success predict outcomes. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Changqing Gao ◽  
Chonglei Ren ◽  
Cangsong Xiao ◽  
Yang Wu ◽  
Gang Wang ◽  
...  

<p><b>Background:</b> The purpose of this study was to summarize our experience of extended ventricular septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).</p><p><b>Methods:</b> Thirty-eight patients (26 men, 12 women) with HOCM underwent extended ventricular septal myectomy. The mean age was 36.3 years (range, 18-64 years). Diagnosis was made by echocardiography. The mean (mean � SE) systolic gradient between the left ventricle (LV) and the aorta was 89.3 � 31.1 mm Hg (range, 50-184 mm Hg) according to echocardiographic assessments before the operations. Moderate or severe systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve was found in 38 cases, and mitral regurgitation was present in 29 cases. Extended ventricular septal myectomy was performed in all 38 cases. The results of the surgical procedures were evaluated intraoperatively with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) at 1 to 2 weeks after the operation. All patients were followed up with TTE after their operation.</p><p><b>Results:</b> All patients were discharged without complications. The TEE evaluations showed that the mean systolic gradient between the LV and the aorta decreased from 94.8 � 35.6 mm Hg preoperatively to 13.6 � 10.8 mm Hg postoperatively (<i>P</i> = .0000) and that the mean thickness of the ventricular septum decreased from 28.3 � 7.9 mm to 11.8 � 3.2 mm (<i>P</i> = .0000). Mitral regurgitation and SAM were significantly reduced or eliminated. During the follow-up, all patients promptly became completely asymptomatic or complained of mild effort dyspnea only, and syncope was abolished. TTE examinations showed that the postoperative pressure gradient either remained the same or diminished.</p><p><b>Conclusions:</b> Extended ventricular septal myectomy is mostly an effective method for patients with HOCM, and good surgical exposure and thorough excision of the hypertrophic septum are of paramount importance for a successful surgery.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Aniek L. van Wijngaarden ◽  
Boudewijn P. T. Kruithof ◽  
Tommaso Vinella ◽  
Daniela Q. C. M. Barge-Schaapveld ◽  
Nina Ajmone Marsan

Degenerative mitral valve disease causing mitral valve prolapse is the most common cause of primary mitral regurgitation, with two distinct phenotypes generally recognized with some major differences, i.e., fibroelastic deficiency (FED) and Barlow’s disease. The aim of this review was to describe the main histological, clinical and echocardiographic features of patients with FED and Barlow’s disease, highlighting the differences in diagnosis, risk stratification and patient management, but also the still significant gaps in understanding the exact pathophysiology of these two phenotypes.


2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
Viktória Szilvási ◽  
Károly Vörös ◽  
Ferenc Manczur ◽  
Jenő Reiczigel ◽  
István Novák ◽  
...  

The objective of this study was to compare the auscultatory findings using traditional and electronic sensor-based stethoscopes. Thirty-three adult healthy Beagles (20 females, 13 males, mean age: 4.8 years, range 1.4–8 years) were auscultated by four investigators with different experiences (INVEST-1, -2, -3 and -4) independently with both stethoscopes. Final cardiological diagnoses were established by echocardiography. Mitral murmurs were heard with both stethoscopes by all investigators and echocardiography revealed mild mitral valve insufficiency in 7 dogs (21%, 4 females, 3 males). The statistical sensitivity (Se) in recognising cardiac murmurs proved to be 82% using the traditional stethoscope and 75% using the electronic one in the mean of the four examiners, whilst statistical specificity (Sp) was 99% by the traditional and 100% by the electronic stethoscope. The means of the auscultatory sensitivity differences between the two stethoscopes were 0.36 on the left and 0.59 on the right hemithorax, demonstrating an advantage for the electronic stethoscope being more obvious above the right hemithorax (P = 0.0340). The electronic stethoscope proved to be superior to the traditional one in excluding cardiac murmurs and especially in auscultation over the right hemithorax. Mitral valve disease was relatively common in this clinically healthy research Beagle population.


1961 ◽  
Vol 265 (10) ◽  
pp. 462-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar E. Starobin ◽  
David Littmann ◽  
Charles A. Sanders ◽  
John D. Turner

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Rodrigo ◽  
U Estandia ◽  
P Perez ◽  
C Perez ◽  
A Cortes ◽  
...  

Abstract We report a 62-year-old man with a past medical history of dyslipidemia, paranoid schizophrenia and permanent atrial fibrillation. A ATTE performed at his district hospital revealed rheumatic mitral valve disease with double lesion: severe regurgitation and mild stenosis, plus moderate tricuspid regurgitation and a mean PAP of 32mm Hg. Cardiac catheterization showed no abnormalities of the coronary arteries. He was transferred to our hospital and scheduled for mitral valve replacement and tricuspid ring valvuloplasty. Preoperative transesophageal echocardiography showed an abnormal subvalvular mitral apparatus, with false tendons and multiple papillary muscles, resembling a hammock mitral valve. Most cordae tendinae arose from a single dominant papillary muscle at a posterior medial region, which provoke severe mitral regurgitation due to coaptation defect and mild subvalvular mitral stenosis. It could also be appreciated hypertrabeculation in the lateral medial, basal and apical segments. This suggested no-compaction cardiomyopathy associated with hammock mitral valve. Left ventricular systolic function was preserved. No evidence of rheumatic mitral valve disease was found in transesophageal echocardiographic study performed at our hospital. On the 30th April 2019 he underwent mechanic mitral valve replacement (Bicarbon 29mm) and tricuspid ring valvuloplasty (Edwards Physio 32mm) surgery. Once the patient was weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass, severe left ventricle systolic dysfunction ensued, predominantly localized in the anterior, inferior septal, inferior lateral basal and medial segments. Apical segments had preserved mobility An adrenalin infusion prior weaning from CBP was initiated. Preserved mobility of the mitral prosthesis discs was observed. The patient developed cardiogenic shock in spite of high doses of dobutamin and adrenaline infused. IACB was implanted with 1:1 assistance. The patient was transfered to the hemodynamic room in order to rule out coronary complications. Cardiac catheterization showed no significant angiographic lesions. During the first postoperative hours, the patient was stabilized allowing progressive lowering of the drugs (adrenaline, dobutamine). TTE showed normally functioning prosthetic mitral valve and preserved left ventricle systolic function. An MRI was performed demostrating no-compaction cardiomyopathy Conclusion This case report describes a rare presentation of simultaneous ocurrence of hammock mitral valve and no-compaction cardiomyopathy. Perioperative left ventricle dysfunction in no-compaction cardiomyopathy is related to subendocardial ischemia caused during extracorporeal circulation in the multiple prominent ventricular trabeculations with deep intertrabecular recesses corresponding to non-compacted myocardium .This must be taken account in those patients with no-compaction cardiomyopathy scheduled for cardiac surgery in order to take preventive measures. Abstract 89 Figure. non - compacted myocardium


Author(s):  
Sudhir Adalti ◽  
Kartik G. Patel ◽  
Chirag P. Doshi ◽  
Chandrashekhar Ananthnarayanan ◽  
Chintan N. Mehta ◽  
...  

Objective The giant left atrium is a frequent finding with rheumatic heart disease. The enlarged left atrium was found to be a risk factor for early mortality and postoperative higher thromboembolic events, but its management remains controversial. Most of the surgeons just do the mitral valve procedure without any intervention for enlarged left atrium. We present our center's experience of patients with giant left atrium who underwent a newer technique of left atrium reduction concomitant with mitral valve procedure. Methods Between January 2012 and February 2015, 25 patients, who underwent surgery for concomitant left atrium reduction with mitral valve disease, were included in the study after institute's ethics committee clearance. Patients having combined aortic and mitral valve disease were excluded. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative data were collected. All the patients were also followed up clinically and echocardiographically in postoperative period. Results There were 15 (60%) females. The mean ± SD age of the patients was 36.92 ± 5.4 years. Preoperatively, all patients were in long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation. The mean ± SD bypass and aortic cross-clamp time were 74.56 ± 3.85 and 51.72 ± 4.32 minutes, respectively. There was a significant reduction of left atrium diameter and volume from 94.48 ± 11.0 mm to 40.08 ± 1.35 mm and 348.3 ± 121.1 to 26.57 ± 2.9 mL/m2, respectively. There was no early or late mortality. At a mean ± SD follow-up of 42.28 ± 12.1 months, all patients were in New York Heart Association I or II class and 24 (96%) patients were in normal sinus rhythm. Conclusions Concurrent left atrium reduction with mitral valve procedure is a feasible and effective technique for event-free survival of the patients having giant left atrium with mitral disease.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nithima Ratanasit ◽  
Khemajira Karaketklang ◽  
Prayuth Rasmeehirun ◽  
Roongthip Chanwanitkulchai

Abstract Purpose: The aims of the study were to determine the factors associated with PH among patients with mitral valve disease, and the similarities and differences in the subgroups of mitral stenosis (MS) and mitral regurgitation (MR). Methods: Patients with isolated moderate to severe organic mitral valve disease were prospectively enrolled. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was defined echocardiographically as pulmonary artery systolic pressure > 50 mmHg. Patients with MS who had mitral valve area > 1.5 cm2 and patients with MR who had effective regurgitant orifice area < 20 mm2 were excluded. Results: There were 318 patients (mean age 54.3 ± 15.5 years, 57.6% female, 66.7% MR). PH was present in 119 (37.4%) patients (48.1% and 31.8% in MS and MR, respectively). Severe mitral valve disease was reported in 245 (77.0%) patients. Left atrial (LA) diameter and pulmonary artery pressure were significantly higher in patients with MS. Dyspnea, LA volume index, significant tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation, severe mitral valve disease and the presence of MS were independently associated with PH. Among patients with MS, LA volume index and severe disease were independently associated with PH. Significant tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation, LA volume index and severe disease were independently associated with PH in patients with MR. Conclusions: PH is common in patients with mitral valve disease. LA volume index and severe disease were, in common, independently associated with PH in patients with mitral valve disease and in the subgroups of MS and MR.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Anthony Kallassy ◽  
Elodie Calendrier ◽  
Nora Bouhsina ◽  
Marion Fusellier

The vertebral heart scale (VHS) was proposed by Buchanan and Bucheler as an objective method for estimating heart size in dogs. However, several studies have reported significant variation between breeds. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the VHS and to suggest a useful upper limit for normal heart size in Brittany Spaniels. The VHS was measured using a right lateral view in twenty-eight normal dogs and fifteen dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease. The mean ± SD (standard deviation) VHS was 10.6 ± 0.2 vertebrae (v) in the normal dogs, which differs significantly from the mean VHS of 9.7 ± 0.5 v in Buchanan’s original study with dogs of various breeds. The VHS in the dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease was 11.9 ± 1.1 v. With a threshold value of 11.1 vertebrae, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values for diagnosing a cardiomegaly are 90%, 72%, 53% and 96%, respectively.


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