Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Pediatric Patients

Firezer Haregu; Ningyan Wong; Michael McCulloch; D Scott Lim

doi:10.1007/s00246-023-03387-4

Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Pediatric Patients

Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Dec 27. doi: 10.1007/s00246-023-03387-4. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Firezer Haregu¹, Ningyan Wong², Michael McCulloch³, D Scott Lim^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, PO Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA, 22908-0386, USA. fh3d@uvahealth.org.
² Cardiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Children's Hospital, PO Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA, 22908-0386, USA.

PMID: 38150041
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03387-4

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.