Raza Fayez S, Grayburn Paul A, Choi James W
Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2017 Apr;30(2):226-227. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2017.11929597.
Severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients after cardiac transplant has not been well studied. Traditionally, patients have undergone corrective surgery. We report a 64-year-old man who presented with new heart failure symptoms 6 months after cardiac transplantation. He was found to have severe MR and underwent successful implantation of a MitraClip® with reduction of his MR to mild as well as improvement in his symptoms. Six months later he was still doing well, and a repeat echocardiogram showed good results. We found two previously reported cases using the MitraClip to treat severe MR in adult cardiac transplant patients. The MitraClip is a viable treatment option for MR in cardiac transplant patients despite their distorted anatomy.
心脏移植术后患者的严重二尖瓣反流(MR)尚未得到充分研究。传统上,患者需接受矫正手术。我们报告了一名64岁男性,他在心脏移植术后6个月出现新的心力衰竭症状。他被发现患有严重MR,并成功植入了MitraClip®,其MR减轻至轻度,症状也有所改善。6个月后他情况仍然良好,复查超声心动图显示效果良好。我们发现了两例先前报道的使用MitraClip治疗成年心脏移植患者严重MR的病例。尽管心脏移植患者的解剖结构扭曲,但MitraClip仍是治疗其MR的一种可行选择。