Iatrogenic Atrial Septal Defect After Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair With the MitraClip System

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 121; no. 4; pp. 475 - 479
• Main Authors: Toyama, Kentaro, Rader, Florian, Kar, Saibal, Kubo, Shunsuke, Shiota, Takahiro, Nishioka, Toshihiko, Siegel, Robert J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.02.2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Atrial Septum - diagnostic imaging; Atrial Septum - injuries; Atrium; Cardiac Catheterization - adverse effects; Cardiac Catheterization - instrumentation; Cardiology; Catheters; Echocardiography; Echocardiography - methods; Enlargement; Female; Heart; Heart diseases; Heart rate; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - diagnostic imaging; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - etiology; Humans; Iatrogenesis; Iatrogenic Disease; Incidence; Intubation; Male; Mitral valve; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - therapy; Multivariate analysis; Patients; Pulmonary arteries; Registries; Regurgitation; Risk Factors; Stroke; Ventricle

This study examines the incidence of iatrogenic atrial septal defect (iASD) after the MitraClip procedure and its influence on echocardiographic and clinical outcomes. We examined 96 patients who underwent a successful MitraClip procedure and who also had baseline and 1-year postprocedure transthora...