Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Pediatric Patients

Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 Feb;46(2):494-498. doi: 10.1007/s00246-023-03387-4. Epub 2023 Dec 27.

Abstract

Rigorous clinical trials have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair to treat severe secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) in adults with primary cardiomyopathy who have failed guideline-directed medical therapy, as well as those with primary MR at high surgical risk. To date, there are only three case reports describing this procedure in the pediatric population. We report a case series of four pediatric patients, including the youngest and smallest reported, who underwent this procedure.

Keywords: Heart failure; Mitral Regurgitation; Mitral insufficiency.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cardiac Catheterization* / methods
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
  • Mitral Valve* / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve* / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome