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Successful MitraClipTM implantation in a 15-year-old patient with multiple prior cardiac surgeries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2012

Matthias Gorenflo ,
Hugo A. Katus  and
Raffi Bekeredjian
Matthias Gorenflo
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Hugo A. Katus
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Raffi Bekeredjian*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
*
Correspondence to: Dr R. Bekeredjian, MD, Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel: +49 (0)6221 5639097; Fax: +49 (0)6221 565515; E-mail: raffi.bekeredjian@med.uni-heidelberg.de
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Abstract

Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using the MitraClipTM has not been used in children. The patient in this reported case was a 15-year-old male adolescent who presented postnatally with severe aortic valve stenosis and dysplasia of the mitral valve. The boy underwent surgical valvuloplasty at the age of 3 months and an aortoventriculoplasty with three re-operations. At the age of 15 years, he developed severe mitral valve regurgitation. Owing to high surgical risks, a MitraClipTM was implanted with a reduction of mitral regurgitation from grade 4+ to 2+, translating into a rapid clinical improvement.

Keywords

Mitral regurgitationmitral repairendovascular

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Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 620 - 622
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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