title: [Complications of percutaneous mitral commissurotomy. Personal experience and review of the literature].
abstract: Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy was performed in 484 patients by the double balloon technique and by Inoue's technique in 33 patients. The average age of the patients was 33.6 +/- 13 years (range: 8 to 72 years); 30% were in atrial fibrillation. A primary failure was observed in 10 patients (2%). The acute mortality was 0.4% and first month mortality 0.6%, the main cause being perforation of the left ventricle. The incidence of systemic embolism was 2%, related to atrial fibrillation (p < 0.016); this complication disappeared after systematic utilisation of transoesophageal echocardiography. Grade 4+ mitral regurgitation was created in 5 patients (1%) and grade 3+ in 20 others (3.9%). A score > 8 (p < 0.006) and preexisting grade 1+ mitral regurgitation (p < 0.005) were predictive factors of these severe regurgitations. They were also more frequent with Inoue's technique (10.5%; p < 0.05). Surgical intervention was necessary during the first month in 5 patients and at long-term (38 +/- 24 months) in 15 others. A tear in the anterior leaflet and ruptured chordae tendinae were the main mechanisms. The most common minor complication was the creation of a small interatrial shunt (16%) without any immediate or long-term complications. With a major complication rate of 4.2%, the mitral surface area increased from 0.97 to 2.2 cm2 and the cardiac index from 3 to 3.6 l/min/m2; left atrial pressure fell from 27 to 15 mmHg (p < 0.0001): the incidence of residual stenosis was only 2%. Seventy nine per cent of patients were asymptomatic and 16% were paucisymptomatic (class II) at long-term. Systematic transoesophageal echocardiography to detect thrombi, the use of pig-tail or Inoue catherters, effective heparinisation during a prolonged procedure and improved experience of the medical teams, should result in a further reduction of the risks of percutaneous mitral commissurotomy.
authors: Service de cardiologie, CHU Fattouma Bourguiba, Tunisie.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ben Farhat
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Betbout
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Gamra
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Maatouk
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ayari
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Jarrar
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Cherif
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Chahbani
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Hammami
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Thaalbi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Complications de la commissurotomie mitrale percutanée. Expérience personnelle et revue de la littérature.