Open AccessA Mitraclip affaire: early detachment and iatrogenic interatrial defect
Author(s) -
Amedeo Pergolini,
Giordano Zampi,
Andrea Madeo,
Paola Lilla Della Monica,
Paolo Giuseppe Pino
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jet156
Subject(s) - mitraclip , medicine , mitral regurgitation , cardiology , stenosis , ventricle , ejection fraction , commissurotomy , surgery , heart failure
A 65-year-old Caucasian man was admitted at our Department for screening of Heart transplantation. Few months before the referral, he underwent four MitraClip devices implantation for severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in another hospital. A transthoracic echocardiography was performed showing a dilated and hypokinetic left ventricle (ejection fraction ∼22%) and a mild to moderate mitral stenosis (mean gradient 5 mmHg) ( Panels A and …
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