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Surgical management of outflow tract obstruction after transapical mitral valve implantation
Author(s) -
Kvitting JohnPeder Escobar,
Nielsen Niels Erik,
Vanhanen Ingemar,
Baranowski Jacek
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.13771
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve , ventricular outflow tract obstruction , cardiology , ventricular outflow tract , mitral valve replacement , complication , mitral valve repair , surgery
Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction due to systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral valve leaflet (AML) is a known complication after mitral valve repair or transfemoral/transapical mitral valve implantation (TMVI). We present a patient with a previous mitral valve repair who developed LVOT obstruction after TMVI in whom the AML was surgically resected using a transaortic approach.

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