Key result
Transventricular cardioscopic release via left minithoracotomy successfully frees a trapped prosthetic mitral valve leaflet.
Why the study?
Trapped prosthetic valve leaflets are a rare and challenging complication, and minimally invasive approaches avoiding high-risk sternotomy or right thoracotomy had not previously been described.
Case Report (n=1)
Transventricular cardioscopic release via left minithoracotomy is a feasible, novel minimally invasive approach for treating a trapped prosthetic mitral valve leaflet in high-risk patients.
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Alerts clinicians to late decompensation risk after complex reoperative MVR; hypothesis-generating for detection and fixation strategies in trapped leaflets.
Chilvers et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Trapped prosthetic mitral valve leaflet (n=1). Transventricular cardioscopic release by left minithoracotomy was evaluated on Procedural success and recovery. Transventricular cardioscopic release of a trapped prosthetic mitral valve leaflet via left minithoracotomy was successful in a high-risk 68-year-old male, allowing discharge on day 12.
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