title: [Edge to edge repair for mitral regurgitation in a patient with chronic hemodialysis: report of a case].
abstract: In a patient with chronic hemodialysis, the high risk of calcific degeneration of biological prosthetic valve and anticoagulant related complications after valve replacement have been reported. A 71-year-old woman with hemodialysis underwent the edge to edge repair combined with ring-annuloplasty for mitral regurgitation caused by the anterior leaflet prolapse without any torn chordae. Postoperative course was uneventful. There was no significant mitral regurgitation. Double mitral orifices were confirmed by the postoperative echocardiography. A calculated functional mitral valve area was 3.06 cm2. The edge to edge repair is a simplified technique and carried out in a short time. We believe the edge to edge repair is a useful technique for anterior mitral valve prolapse in a patient with chronic hemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery III, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tabayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D006435:Renal Dialysis