Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for failed mitral prosthesis: the first experience in Japan

• Published in: Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 82 - 86
• Main Authors: Tada, Norio, Enta, Yusuke, Sakurai, Mie, Ootomo, Tatsushi, Hata, Masaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2017
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Cardiology; Case Report; Echocardiography; Female; Heart Valve Prosthesis - adverse effects; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Humans; Interventional Radiology; Medicine & Public Health; Mitral Valve - diagnostic imaging; Mitral Valve - surgery; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - diagnosis; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Prosthesis Design; Prosthesis Failure; Reoperation; Valve-in-valve; Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR); Mitral valve replacement
• ISSN: 1868-4300; 1868-4297
• DOI: 10.1007/s12928-015-0374-9

An 82-year-old woman had a history of mitral valve replacement with a 25-mm MOSAIC (Medtronic, USA) for severe mitral regurgitation (MR) 8 years previously. Recently, she developed heart failure due to MR secondary to prosthetic valve failure. She underwent transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation with a 23-mm SAPIEN XT (Edwards Lifesciences, USA) to the prosthetic mitral valve by transapical approach. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of transcatheter valve implantation for failed mitral prosthetic valve using valve-in-valve technique in Japan.