Publications by authors named "D De Canniere"
Background: Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) is the first-line therapy of clinically significant rheumatic mitral stenosis. While the procedure is generally safe, new onset or aggravation of mitral regurgitation (MR) may occur, mainly due to commissural splitting and, less frequently, to leaflet tear and chordal rupture. Papillary muscle rupture (PMR) is exceedingly rare in this setting.
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- A 61-year-old man presented with symptoms like shortness of breath and weight loss, leading to the discovery of aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) and cardiac amyloidosis through echocardiography.
- The patient was diagnosed with amyloid light chain amyloidosis due to multiple myeloma and treated with a chemotherapy regimen that resulted in full remission and improved cardiac function over six months.
- Surgical removal of the PFE along with aortic valve replacement was successfully performed, highlighting the unique challenges of managing both conditions together and the utility of echocardiography in monitoring cardiac health during treatment.
We report the case of a semi-urgent cardiac surgery, in a 19 gestation age pregnant. Despite the fact that the patient was asymptomatic, except for some palpitations, a large left auricle (LA) myxoma was fortuitously diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography (TEE). Considering the important embolic risk, the tumor was successfully removed during cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe combination of aortic and mitral regurgitation is a typical example of a frequent yet understudied multiple valve disease scenario. The aetiology is often rheumatic or degenerative; less frequently it can be induced by drugs or radiation, or caused by infective endocarditis or congenital valvular lesions. Aortic regurgitation resulting in secondary mitral regurgitation is also not uncommon.
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