title: Trans-catheter mitral valve implantation for mitral regurgitation: clinical case description and literature review.
abstract: Trans-catheter mitral valve implantation (TMVI) is actually the most attractive technique for treating patients with severe mitral regurgitation, who are denied surgical therapy. Recently, trans-catheter implantation of aortic biological prosthesis in mitral position has been done in compassionate cases, and very few experiences of TMVI in native non-calcified valves have been recently reported in very-high-risk patients, mainly with functional mitral regurgitation.Here, we report our case of TMVI using the second-generation CardiAQ prostheisis (CardiAQ Valve Technologies, Irvine, California, USA), reviewing the current state of the art.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease bDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy cDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, St Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA dDepartment of Anaesthesia, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cammalleri
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruvolo
authors.forename: Arshad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quadri
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Vico
authors.forename: Saverio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muscoli
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marchei
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Gian Paolo
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Ussia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*