Transcatheter Repair of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Perforation: Deploy, Retrieve, Redeploy

Sidakpal S Panaich; Abdul H Qazi; Phillip A Horwitz; Kimberly Staffey; James D Rossen

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.10.014

Transcatheter Repair of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Perforation: Deploy, Retrieve, Redeploy

JACC Case Rep. 2019 Dec 18;1(5):689-693. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.10.014.

Authors

Sidakpal S Panaich¹, Abdul H Qazi¹, Phillip A Horwitz¹, Kimberly Staffey¹, James D Rossen¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.

Abstract

We describe a case of anterior mitral leaflet perforation successfully treated with the Amplatzer Cribriform device, with resultant hemolytic anemia. The device was retrieved, and perforation occluded with the GORE CARDIOFORM device with resolution of hemolysis. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: MR, mitral regurgitation; TEE, transesophageal echocardiogram; mitral valve; occluder; valve repair.

Publication types

Case Reports