Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair of Systemic Tricuspid Valve in Extracardiac Fontan Circulation: First in Human

David Blusztein; Phillip Moore; Atif Qasim; Neha Mantri; Vaikom S Mahadevan

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.12.024

Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair of Systemic Tricuspid Valve in Extracardiac Fontan Circulation: First in Human

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Feb 16;4(4):221-225. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.12.024.

Authors

David Blusztein¹, Phillip Moore², Atif Qasim¹, Neha Mantri¹, Vaikom S Mahadevan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

Abstract

Transcatheter edge-to-edge valve repair can improve clinical outcomes in otherwise high-risk surgical patients. This is a first-in-human procedure outlining transcatheter edge-to-edge valve repair of a systemic tricuspid valve in an extracardiac Fontan patient born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome with prohibitive surgical risk. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: CHD, congenital heart disease; HLHS, hypoplastic left heart syndrome; PA, pulmonary artery; TEER, transcatheter edge-to-edge repair; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; congenital heart defect; pulmonary edema; tricuspid valve; valve repair.

Publication types

Case Reports