Transcatheter Simultaneous Double-Transapical Access for Paravalvular Mitral Leak Closure Using the Occlutech PLD

J Invasive Cardiol. 2016 Jul;28(7):E66-8.

Abstract

A 67-year-old patient with rheumatic heart valve disease had undergone two cardiac surgeries at the age of 30 years, then re-do with mitral valve replacement at 50 years. She presented with congestive heart failure and hemolytic anemia. Doppler echocardiography showed moderate-severe mitral regurgitation due to paravalvular mitral valve leak (PVML) and severe pulmonary hypertension. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated severe PVML secondary to a large 20 mm-long PVML defect. Due to comorbidities, the heart team deemed a third reoperation at very high surgical risk; therefore, the patient was considered most suitable for a transcatheter approach to PVML closure. Two Occlutech paravalvular leak devices were successfully delivered using a simultaneous double-transapical access with double-wire technique.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Echocardiography, Doppler / methods
  • Female
  • Heart Failure* / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure* / etiology
  • Heart Failure* / physiopathology
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary* / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary* / etiology
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Reoperation* / instrumentation
  • Reoperation* / methods
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / complications*
  • Septal Occluder Device
  • Treatment Outcome