What does an explanted PASCAL device look like?

Mathias Van Hemelrijck; Juri Sromicki; Martin O Schmiady; Carlos-A Mestres

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivab318

What does an explanted PASCAL device look like?

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 Feb 21;34(3):492-494. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivab318.

Authors

Mathias Van Hemelrijck¹, Juri Sromicki¹, Martin O Schmiady¹, Carlos-A Mestres¹

Affiliation

¹ Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

We report the case of a 78-year-old female patient who had a PASCAL device implanted for severe degenerative mitral regurgitation. Intraprocedural echocardiography revealed persistent severe mitral regurgitation due to device dislocation. Implanting another device was not possible. After 8 days, the device was explanted, and the valve was replaced with a biological prosthesis. The PASCAL device and resected mitral valve leaflets were sent for histopathological workup.

Keywords: Mitral regurgitation; PASCAL device; Transcatheter therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Catheterization
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / surgery
Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
Treatment Outcome