Successful papillary muscle approximation for severe mitral regurgitation via apical cuff hole in HeartMate 3 implantation via left anterior thoracotomy.

Yoshihisa TanoueHiromichi SonodaTomoki UshijimaYoshiyuki YamashitaSho MatsuyamaSatoshi FujitaSatoshi KimuraYasuhisa OishiHideki TatewakiAkira Shiose

Published in: Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs (2021)

We herein report a case of successful papillary muscle approximation for severe mitral regurgitation and HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device implantation via left anterior thoracotomy in a 39-year-old man diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. He underwent papillary muscle approximation in the mitral valve for severe functional regurgitation via the apical cuff hole. The postoperative course was uneventful. Echocardiography revealed that mitral regurgitation has disappeared. He was awaiting heart transplantation while working.

Keyphrases

left ventricular assist device
mitral valve
skeletal muscle
early onset
clear cell
left ventricular
computed tomography
aortic valve replacement
patients undergoing
aortic valve
drug induced
left atrial
atrial fibrillation