Open heart mitral valve replacement using the Edwards-Sapien 3 for severe mitral annular calcification prevents left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Shohei Morita; Shinya Takahashi; Mathieu Pernot; Lionel Leroux; Louis Labrousse

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3796

Open heart mitral valve replacement using the Edwards-Sapien 3 for severe mitral annular calcification prevents left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jan 13;9(3):1424-1427. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3796. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Shohei Morita¹, Shinya Takahashi¹, Mathieu Pernot², Lionel Leroux², Louis Labrousse²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Hiroshima University Hospital Hiroshima Japan.
² Medico-Surgical Department of Valvulopathies Haut Leveque Hospital Bordeaux France.

Abstract

Open heart transcatheter mitral valve implantation using the Edwards-Sapien 3 for mitral annular calcification is a safe procedure, because surgeons do not have to decalcify. And also, surgeons can resect the anterior mitral leaflet to prevent left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and deploy the valve under direct visualization.

Keywords: left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; mitral annular calcification; mitral valve replacement; sapien 3; transatrial approach; transcatheter mitral valve implantation.

Publication types

Case Reports