title: Mitral valve repair in a patient with previous percutaneous annuloplasty with a CARILLON device.
abstract: A 67-year-old female patient was referred to our clinic for coronary artery bypass graft and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) treatment. The patient had a history of coronary disease and MR treated in 2007 with a CARILLON device. Left mammary and saphenous vein were used to graft the diseased coronaries. MR was corrected with a saddle ring; however, we had some difficulties anchoring ring sutures to the mitral annulus caused by the protruding CARILLON. The ring was finally stitched, and the patient was weaned from bypass. A transoesophageal echo showed a competent valve. The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit on moderate catecholamines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, J. Strus Hospital, ul. Szkolna 8/12, 61-606 Poznan, Poland. mkbar@mp.pl
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bartkowiak
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bugajski
authors.forename: Ireneusz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jedlinski
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kalawski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome