Reduction of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with transcatheter mitral valve repair

Echocardiography. 2017 Apr;34(4):625-626. doi: 10.1111/echo.13487.

Abstract

Many patients with severe mitral regurgitation cannot undergo conventional mitral valve surgery due to prohibitive surgical risk and are candidates for transcatheter repair with an edge-to-edge technique. Prior reports suggest efficacy with this approach for mitral regurgitation due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with left ventricular outflow obstruction. We present a case report of transcatheter mitral valve repair for posterior leaflet prolapse with concomitant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve in the absence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Keywords: mitral regurgitation; mitral valve; mitral valve repair; percutaneous intervention; three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography; transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / complications
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / surgery*