A case report of advanced heart failure refractory to pharmacological therapy who was successfully recovered by combinatory usage of cardiac resynchronizing therapy, Impella and MitraClip.
Mitsuo SobajimaNobuyuki FukudaHiroshi UenoKoichiro KinugawaPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2020)
During inotrope-dependent status, there was a risk that HF would worsen with haemodynamic collapse when performing CRT implantation, and we firstly supported his haemodynamics by Impella. Cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation before MitraClip seemed to be crucial. In fact, the mitral valve morphology before Impella insertion had very poor coaptation of the anterior and posterior leaflets that was not optimal for MitraClip procedure. But the Impella support and correction of dyssynchrony by CRT markedly improved the coaptation of those leaflets. The combination therapy of CRT and MitraClip unloading with Impella maybe a new therapeutic option for advanced HF.