title: Complex surgical valve repair after failed percutaneous mitral intervention using the MitraClip device.
abstract: Catheter-based techniques of percutaneous valve intervention are recently being performed in an increasing number of patients. We finally report a case of successful, but complex surgical mitral valve repair 32 days after failed percutaneous intervention with severely aggravated mitral pathology caused by the catheter-based procedure. It is outlined that the conditions for surgery can be severely deteriorated, thereby reducing the chance for successful surgical repair after preceding mitral intervention.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Herzchirurgie, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geidel
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ostermeyer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lass
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmoeckel
mesh_terms: D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D017211:Treatment Failure