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Echocardiographic evaluation and guidance for MitraClip procedure.

ABSTRACT: Transcatheter mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system (Abbott, Abbott Park, Il, USA) has become a world-wide, well-established therapeutic alternative to treat symptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation and prohibitive surgical risk. This article offers a comprehensive review of the important clinical and imaging aspects related to the patient selection, imaging evaluation and intraprocedural guidance for optimal results using this transcatheter device therapy. This article provides an updated framework for the interested practitioners summarizing the current understanding and applications for this device based on the current literature and growing experience of this technique.

SUBMITTER: Katz WE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5752829 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Echocardiographic evaluation and guidance for MitraClip procedure.

Katz William E WE Conrad Smith Anson J AJ Crock Frederick W FW Cavalcante João L JL

Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy 20171201 6

Transcatheter mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system (Abbott, Abbott Park, Il, USA) has become a world-wide, well-established therapeutic alternative to treat symptomatic patients with severe mitral regurgitation and prohibitive surgical risk. This article offers a comprehensive review of the important clinical and imaging aspects related to the patient selection, imaging evaluation and intraprocedural guidance for optimal results using this transcatheter device therapy. This article pro ...[more]

PMID: 29302467

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Project description:BackgroundTranscatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using the MitraClip device is increasingly used for high surgical risk patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Previous guidelines for infective endocarditis prophylaxis prior to dental procedures focused on high-risk patients, but without explicit recommendation for MitraClip recipients. We believe this could be the first reported case to identify Streptococcus oralis as the causative organism.Case presentationAn 87-year-old male with severe MR treated with two MitraClip devices three months prior to index admission, presented with worsening malaise and intermittent chills on a background of multiple comorbid conditions. The patient had dental work a month prior to presentation, including a root canal procedure, without antibiotic prophylaxis. Vitals were significant for fever and hypotension. On physical examination, there was a holosystolic murmur at the apex radiating to the axilla, bilateral pitting edema in the lower extremities, and elevated jugular venous pulsation. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed severe MR with a possible echodensity on the mitral valve, prompting a transesophageal echocardiogram, which demonstrated a pedunculated, mobile mass on the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve. Five blood cultures grew gram positive cocci in pairs and chains, later identified as Streptococcus oralis, with minimum inhibitory concentration to penicillin 0.06 mg/L. Initial empiric antibiotics were switched to ceftriaxone 2 gr daily and subsequent blood cultures remained negative. However, the patient developed pulmonary edema and worsening hemodynamic instability requiring vasopressors. As surgical risk for re-operation was considered prohibitive, the decision was made to continue medical management and comfort-directed care. The patient died a week later.ConclusionsDespite low incidence, infective endocarditis should be included in the differential among MitraClip recipients. The explicit inclusion of this growing patient population in the group requiring prophylaxis prior to dental procedures in the 2020 ACC/AHA valvular heart disease guidelines is an important step forward.

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Echocardiographic evaluation and guidance for MitraClip procedure.

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Echocardiographic evaluation and guidance for MitraClip procedure.

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