title: Successful postoperative activation of an adjustable annuloplasty ring (MiCardia) in recurrent ischemic mitral valve regurgitation.
abstract: We report the case of a 73-year-old patient with severe ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR). She subsequently underwent combined coronary artery revascularization and mitral valve annuloplasty using the adjustable enCorSQ device (MiCardia Corporation, Irvine, CA). Three months later she experienced recurrent symptomatic severe MR. Accessing the subcutaneous lead, activation and downsizing of the device within 45 seconds resulted in trace MR. The result was unchanged 1 month later.
authors.affiliation: Sana Herzchirurgie Stuttgart GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany. m.czesla@sana-herzchirurgie.de
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czesla
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Götte
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Voth
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roser
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weimar
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Doll
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction