scholarly journals Correction to: Predictors of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in Severe Mitral Annular Calcification: An Analysis of the Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in Mitral Annular Calcification Global Registry

Author(s):  
Abdallah El Sabbagh ◽  
Mohammed Al-Hijji ◽  
Dee Dee Wang ◽  
Mackram Eleid ◽  
Marina Urena ◽  
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Background: Several studies have evaluated preprocedural imaging predictors of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) after transcatheter mitral valve replacement. The patient cohorts in these studies were heterogeneous and included patients with transcatheter mitral valve replacement in failed bioprostheses, annuloplasty rings, and severe mitral annular calcification (MAC). The goal of this study was to evaluate predictors of LVOTO specific to patients undergoing valve-in-MAC. Methods: This study included patients with severe MAC who underwent valve-in-MAC and had optimal quality preprocedural multidetector row computed tomography scans eligible for retrospective analysis. Baseline demographic, echocardiographic, and procedural data on these patients were collected. multidetector row computed tomography parameters were analyzed for association with LVOTO, defined as increase in mean LVOT gradient by ≥10 mm Hg with accompanying hemodynamic instability. Results: Seventy-one patients with optimal preprocedural computed tomography scans were included in this study (mean age, 72.5±13.5 years), 9 of which developed LVOTO (all female). Baseline mean LVOT area, neo-LVOT area (145.3 versus 270.9 mm 2 ; P =0.006), indexed neo-LVOT area (90.1 versus 157.4; P =0.05), and virtual transcatheter heart valve to septum distance (3.1 versus 6.9 mm; P =0.002) were lower in the LVOTO group. Expected % LVOT area reduction was higher in the latter group (58.3 versus 42.7%; P =0.008). In the univariable analysis, the baseline mean LVOT area, neo-LVOT area, indexed neo-LVOT area, and valve to septum distance were all significantly associated with LVOTO. Conclusions: The systolic mean LVOT area, neo-LVOT area, indexed neo-LVOT, expected percentage LVOT area reduction, and the valve to septum distance were associated with LVOTO after valve-in-MAC.


Author(s):  
Andrew Frey ◽  
James West ◽  
Clifton Lewis ◽  
Mustafa Ahmed ◽  
Kyle Eudailey ◽  
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Mitral valve replacement in the setting of mitral annular calcification (MAC) remains a surgical challenge fraught with several known complications. We present an innovative and hybrid approach involving robotic-assisted deployment of a SAPIEN S3 (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) in the mitral position of a patient with severe MAC in the setting of previous sternotomy for aortic valve replacement. The robotic platform allowed avoidance of redo sternotomy, paravalvular leaks adjustment through excellent visualization from the right chest, and better assessment of the risk of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. This report serves as an alternative technique for the management of mitral valve surgery associated with MAC in the era of transcatheter and minimally-invasive cardiac operations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 651-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Grinberg ◽  
Matteo Pozzi ◽  
Chloé Bernard ◽  
Jean-Francois Obadia

Abstract We report a case of prosthesis dislodgement after transcatheter mitral valve replacement in an 85-year-old woman with chronic ischaemic heart failure. Two weeks after an initial successful implantation, she presented with a paravalvular leak associated with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Tether re-tensioning was performed and resolved the situation, but resulted in a deformation of the apical attachment zone into the left ventricle. Unfortunately, the patient finally expired from severe endocarditis. Proper anchoring is the main challenge for transcatheter mitral valve replacement techniques. Dislodgement of the prosthesis after transcatheter mitral valve replacement is an infrequent complication of the Tendyne® procedure. This case emphasizes the importance of assessing the quality of the myocardium at the implantation zone of the apical pad, and of prosthesis oversizing, especially if low-profile valves are chosen. .


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 116-119
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abdulbasit

Given the prevalence of mitral valve pathology in high-risk patients, transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is becoming an attractive treatment modality. A known complication of TMVR is left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOT) due to the prosthetic mitral valve and native anterior mitral valve leaflet encroaching into the LVOT. This is a serious complication which can lead to decreased cardiac output and death. Preprocedural planning with various imaging modalities (multi-detector cardiac CT and echocardiography) can predict those at high risk of LVOT obstruct. To increase awareness and to prevent this complication from occurring in the future, we present a case of LVOT obstruction after TMVR.


Author(s):  
John C. Lisko ◽  
Adam B. Greenbaum ◽  
Jaffar M. Khan ◽  
Norihiko Kamioka ◽  
Patrick T. Gleason ◽  
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Background: Intentional laceration of the anterior mitral leaflet (LAMPOON) is an effective adjunct to transcatheter mitral valve replacement that prevents left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction. To date, LAMPOON has been performed in over 150 patients using a retrograde approach that can be technically challenging. A modified antegrade transseptal technique may simplify the procedure. Methods: Antegrade LAMPOON was developed and tested in nonsurvival pig experiments. Thereafter, antegrade LAMPOON was performed in patients at prohibitive risk of LVOT obstruction. Clinical, procedural, and angiographic details were abstracted from medical records of their index procedure, and were compared with findings in comparable patients at risk of fixed-LVOT obstruction in the LAMPOON investigational device exemption trial. Results: Eight patients at risk of fixed LVOT obstruction underwent antegrade LAMPOON. Leaflet traversal and laceration were technically successful in all. There were no cases of clinically significant LVOT obstruction (mean LVOT gradient at discharge: 5.4±1.4 mm Hg). One patient suffered a ventricular wire perforation, unrelated to the antegrade LAMPOON technique, and did not survive to discharge. At the time of discharge, no patients had an increase of >10 mm Hg in LVOT gradient compared with baseline. Procedure times (from traversal to transcatheter mitral valve replacement) were shorter, compared with the retrograde technique in the LAMPOON investigational device exemption trial (39±09 versus 65±35 minutes). All patients survived (8/8, 100%) the procedure, and 7/8 (88%) survived to 30 days, similar to subjects in the LAMPOON investigational device exemption trial. Conclusions: Antegrade LAMPOON is an effective, reproducible, and simplified strategy to lacerate the anterior leaflet before transcatheter mitral valve replacement. The authors recommend the technique as the new standard for LAMPOON.


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