title: Uncontrolled daily pulmonary oedema due to severe mitral regurgitation emergently and effectively corrected by Mitraclip® implantation.
abstract: MitraClip® is usually implanted in stable patients. We report the case of a patient having a severe, refractory and daily pulmonary oedema, related to a severe restrictive mitral regurgitation secondary to a primitive dilated cardiomyopathy. A Mitraclip® was emergently implanted, with a dramatic long-term clinical success. The critical unstable status of a patient should not prevent any Mitraclip® implantation.
authors.affiliation: CHU Rennes, Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires, Rennes, France guillaume.leurent@chu-rennes.fr.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leurent
authors.affiliation: CHU Rennes, Service de chirurgie thoracique et cardio-vasculaire, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Corbineau
authors.affiliation: CHU Rennes, Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Erwan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Donal
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Mitral regurgitation; percutaneous correction; refractory pulmonary oedema