JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

MitraClip Implantation for Functional Mitral Regurgitation With Coaptation Gap Facilitated by Levosimendan Treatment

  • Athanasios Koutsoukis, MD,
  • Damien Fard, MD,
  • Romain Gallet, MD, PhD,
  • Madjid Boukantar, MD,
  • Emmanuel Teiger, MD, PhD,
  • Annabelle Nguyen, MD,
  • Raphaelle Huguet, MD,
  • Pascal Lim, MD, PhD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 6
pp. 862 – 865

Abstract

Read online

A patient with severe, symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation was initially considered not suitable for MitraClip (Abbott Vascular, Abbott Park, Illinois) implantation because of non-coapting mitral leaflets. Repeated levosimendan infusions in combination with intensive diuresis induced sufficient valve coaptation, thus allowing MitraClip implantation to be performed. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Keywords