Even Mended Hearts Can Break: Takotsubo After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

Jerry Lipinski; Arielle Thiel; Angelo Pagani; Michael Otto; Melinda Johnston; Zoheir Abdelbaki; Prabhakar Parsa; John Sirak; Sandeep M Patel

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.10.010

Even Mended Hearts Can Break: Takotsubo After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

JACC Case Rep. 2019 Dec 18;1(4):487-492. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.10.010. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Jerry Lipinski¹, Arielle Thiel², Angelo Pagani², Michael Otto², Melinda Johnston², Zoheir Abdelbaki², Prabhakar Parsa², John Sirak², Sandeep M Patel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California.
² Structural Heart and Intervention Center, St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio.

Abstract

Transcatheter mitral valve replacement represents an innovative interventional technique for implanting a new mitral prosthesis without surgery. Although technical success is high, post-procedural issues and complications may occur. This report emphasizes the importance of considering alternative cardiac pathologies that may be seen post valvular interventions. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

Keywords: LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract; TCM, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; TEE, transesophageal echocardiogram; TMVR; TMVR, transcatheter mitral valve replacement; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram; Takotsubo; heart failure; transcatheter mitral valve replacement.

Publication types

Case Reports