title: Successful MitraClipTM implantation in a 15-year-old patient with multiple prior cardiac surgeries.
abstract: Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using the MitraClip(TM) has not been used in children. The patient in this reported case was a 15-year-old male adolescent who presented postnatally with severe aortic valve stenosis and dysplasia of the mitral valve. The boy underwent surgical valvuloplasty at the age of 3 months and an aortoventriculoplasty with three re-operations. At the age of 15 years, he developed severe mitral valve regurgitation. Owing to high surgical risks, a MitraClip(TM) was implanted with a reduction of mitral regurgitation from grade 4+ to 2+, translating into a rapid clinical improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gorenflo
authors.forename: Hugo A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Katus
authors.forename: Raffi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bekeredjian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments