Expanding percutaneous treatment of mitral valve diseases: Transcatheter closure of mitral valve leaflet perforation

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Apr 1;97(5):E692-E696. doi: 10.1002/ccd.29467. Epub 2021 Jan 27.

Abstract

Mitral valve perforation is a rare cause of mitral regurgitation. We present a case of a 16-year-old patient with mitral valve regurgitation after redo-cardiac surgery for recurrent subaortic stenosis. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a mitral regurgitation with an eccentric jet causing a significant regurgitation documented by the presence of a convergence flow over the hole. This finding was corroborating by transesophageal echocardiography locating the perforation from the region of A2 scallop. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography confirmed these findings and played a key role guiding the procedure. Typical approach is usually a cardiac surgical procedure based on repair the perforation, but the mitral orifice was successfully closed percutaneously using an Amplatzer Duct Occluder II (ADO II; Abbott Vascular, IL).

Keywords: TTE/TEE; congenital heart disease; imaging; mitral valve disease; pediatric intervention; pediatrics; percutaneous intervention; percutaneous valve therapy; structural heart disease intervention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease*
  • Treatment Outcome