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MitraClip Deployed via Left Femoral Vein in an 85-Year-Old Woman with Mitral Regurgitation
- Source :
- Texas Heart Institute Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2019.
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Abstract
- The MitraClip system can be used to control regurgitant blood flow in patients with mitral regurgitation who cannot tolerate open surgery to replace the mitral valve. Technical limitations make the right femoral vein the standard access point for placing the MitraClip. However, this route is not always suitable. We present the case of an 85-year-old woman in whom we successfully used a left-sided approach for inserting a MitraClip because her right femoral vein was occluded. This apparently novel left femoral approach merits consideration as an option for device insertion when right femoral vein access is precluded.<br />NA
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
heart failure/therapy
Femoral vein
Case Reports
heart valve prosthesis implantation/methods
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
03 medical and health sciences
cardiac catheterization/instrumentation/standards
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
Cardiac and cardiovascular systems
Mitral valve
medicine
Aged, 80 and over
Balloon valvuloplasty/ methods
Cardiac catheterization/ instrumentation/ standards
Femoral vein/ surgery
Heart failure/ therapy
Heart valve diseases/ complications
Heart valve prosthesis implantation/ methods
Mitral valve insufficiency/ therapy
Punctures/ methods
Treatment outcome
In patient
030212 general & internal medicine
punctures/methods
Mitral regurgitation
balloon valvuloplasty/methods
femoral vein/surgery
business.industry
MitraClip
Open surgery
heart valve diseases/complications
Blood flow
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Left femoral vein
treatment outcome
cardiovascular system
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
mitral valve insufficiency/therapy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15266702 and 07302347
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Texas Heart Institute Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....be4b6ab82bee40c3a130f9c92a3ac43b