First in human percutaneous implantation of a balloon expandable transcatheter heart valve in a severely stenosed native mitral valve

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Jun 1;83(7):E287-91. doi: 10.1002/ccd.25441. Epub 2014 Mar 14.

Abstract

Transcatheter implantation of a balloon expandable valve in calcified severely stenosed native mitral valves has recently been described. The two cases reported so far utilized the surgical transapical approach generally used for transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A percutaneous approach has not been published. We report the first successful percutaneous implantation of a balloon expandable transcatheter valve in the native mitral valve without a surgical incision.

Keywords: mitral valve disease; percutaneous intervention; transcatheter valve implantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty / methods*
  • Cardiac Catheterization*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Prosthesis Design