Uncontrolled daily pulmonary oedema due to severe mitral regurgitation emergently and effectively corrected by Mitraclip® implantation.

Guillaume Leurent (1) , Hervé Corbineau (2, 3) , Erwan Donal (1, 3)

1 Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes]
2 Service de chirurgie thoracique cardiaque et vasculaire [Rennes] = Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery [Rennes]
3 LTSI - Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image

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.

Keywords: refractory pulmonary oedema; Mitral regurgitation; percutaneous correction

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Bioengineering; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology

Guillaume Leurent, Hervé Corbineau, Erwan Donal. Uncontrolled daily pulmonary oedema due to severe mitral regurgitation emergently and effectively corrected by Mitraclip® implantation.. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 2016, 5 (2), pp.150-151 ⟨10.1177/2048872615579393⟩. ⟨hal-01139787⟩