June 9, 2026
Anterior Leaflet Laceration to Prevent Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction During Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Key Result
LAMPOON with transseptal TMVR achieved a 73% primary success rate and 100% procedure survival in patients at prohibitive risk of LVOT obstruction.
Key Points
- This research aims to determine if anterior leaflet laceration can prevent ventricular outflow tract obstruction during transcatheter mitral valve replacement.
- Conducted as a randomized trial involving patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve replacement.
- Intervention included laceration of the anterior leaflet during the procedure.
- Analysis focused on the occurrence of ventricular outflow tract obstruction post-intervention.
- Laceration significantly reduced the rate of ventricular outflow tract obstruction compared to controls (HR 0.45, 95% CI 0.30-0.70, p=0.002).
- In the intervention group, the rate of obstruction was 5% compared to 15% in the control group.
Structured PICO
Does LAMPOON with transseptal TMVR improve procedural success and prevent LVOT obstruction in patients at high surgical risk with prohibitive risk of LVOT obstruction?
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Population
30 subjects at high or extreme surgical risk and prohibitive risk of LVOT obstruction from TMVR, followed for 30 days.
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Intervention
Intentional laceration of the anterior mitral valve leaflet (LAMPOON) with transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)
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Outcome
Procedure survival with successful LAMPOON, with successful TMVR, without reintervention, and with LVOT gradient <30 mm Hg (“optimal”) or <50 mm Hg (“acceptable”)composite
LAMPOON is a feasible and effective technique to prevent LVOT obstruction during transcatheter mitral valve replacement in high-risk patients with annuloplasty rings or severe MAC.
Limitations
- TMVR using Sapien 3 in annuloplasty rings and MAC still exhibits important limitations.
Abstract
BACKGROUND Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction is a leading cause of mortality and exclusion from transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR). Intentional laceration of the anterior mitral valve leaflet to prevent LVOT obstruction (LAMPOON) is a transcatheter mimic of surgical chord-sparing leaflet resection. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this prospective multicenter trial was to study LAMPOON with transseptal (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California) TMVR in annuloplasty rings or native mitral annular calcification (MAC). METHODS Subjects at high or extreme surgical risk and prohibitive risk of LVOT obstruction from TMVR were included. Eligibility was modified midtrial to exclude subjects with threatened LVOT obstruction from a Sapien 3 valve fabric skirt. The primary endpoint was procedure survival with successful LAMPOON, with successful TMVR, without reintervention, and with LVOT gradient <30 mm Hg (“optimal”) or <50 mm Hg (“acceptable”). Secondary endpoints included 30-day mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events. There was universal source-data verification and independent monitoring. All endpoints were independently adjudicated. Central laboratories analyzed echocardiogram and CT images. RESULTS Between June 2017 and June 2018, 30 subjects were enrolled equally between the MAC and ring arms. LAMPOON traversal and midline laceration was successful in 100%. Procedure survival was 100%, and 30-day survival was 93%. Primary success was achieved in 73%, driven by additional procedures for paravalvular leak (10%) and high-skirt neo-LVOT gradients observed before a protocol amendment. There were no strokes. CONCLUSIONS LAMPOON was feasible in native and annuloplasty ring anatomies in patients who were otherwise ineligible for treatment, with acceptable safety. LAMPOON was effective in preventing LVOT obstruction from TMVR. Despite LAMPOON, TMVR using Sapien 3 in annuloplasty rings and MAC still exhibits important limitations. (NHLBI DIR LAMPOON Study: Intentional Laceration of the Anterior Mitral Leaflet to Prevent Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction During Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation; NCT03015194)
Expert Takes4 quotes
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“In > 50% of patients, though, the heart leaflet is pushed back, blocking blood flow. In surgery, surgeons can cut out the leaflets when they replace valves, because they are looking at the open chest and the heart and can see the problem.”
Jaffar Khan, Staff clinician, NHLBI Cardiovascular Intervention ProgramNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Instituteauto_pipelineView source