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MitraClip implantation has been reported in severe mitral regurgitation following ischemic papillary muscle rupture in surgically high-risk patients with cardiogenic shock. Here we present a case of a 68-year-old female patient who suffered an ischemic papillary muscle rupture resulting in severe mitral prolapse and had a MitraClip implanted. Three months later, due to progressive symptoms, she was taken to surgery and had an elective minimally invasive mitral valve replacement. Informed consent was given and ethics board approval was obtained.
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Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation , Mitral Valve Insufficiency , Female , Humans , Aged , Mitral Valve/surgery , Shock, Cardiogenic/etiology , Shock, Cardiogenic/surgery , Shock, Cardiogenic/diagnosis , Mitral Valve Insufficiency/complications , Mitral Valve Insufficiency/surgery , Mitral Valve Insufficiency/diagnosis , Papillary Muscles/surgery , Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation/methods , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Single-ventricular cardiopathies are challenging conditions requiring multiple surgical interventions to hopefully achieve adulthood. In neonates, pulmonary artery banding allows ventricular adaptation and pulmonary vascular bed protection. Here we present a novel minimally invasive approach to pulmonary artery banding through a 1.5 cm left parasternal minithoracotomy. This technique not only allows for a less traumatic first procedure but also a less manipulated mediastinum and untouched sternum for the consequent surgeries to come. This technique is reproducible in experienced hands and shows favorable and promising results when performed properly.
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Pulmonary Artery , Vascular Surgical Procedures , Infant, Newborn , Humans , Adult , Pulmonary Artery/surgery , Vascular Surgical Procedures/methods , Thoracotomy/methods , Sternum/surgery , Mediastinum/surgery , Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/methodsABSTRACT
MitraClip implantation has been reported in severe mitral regurgitation following ischemic papillary muscle rupture in surgically high-risk patients with cardiogenic shock. Here we present a case of a 68-year-old female patient who suffered an ischemic papillary muscle rupture resulting in severe mitral prolapse and had a MitraClip implanted. Three months later, due to progressive symptoms, she was taken to surgery and had an elective minimally invasive mitral valve replacement. Informed consent was given and ethics board approval was obtained.
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Critical donor shortages have impulsed the need to expand donor heart eligibility through the use of marginal hearts in cardiac transplantation. Donor valvular disease has been considered as an absolute contraindication for transplant. A 39-year-old male patient with end-stage non-compaction cardiomyopathy, an INTERMACS II heart failure, and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 8% was taken to an orthotopic heart transplantation. During donor bench graft examination, a congenital bicuspid and calcified aortic valve was found. The native bicuspid valve was removed and the annular calcification debrided; a #21 bioprosthetic aortic valve was then implanted.