Today, mitral valve replacement is performed under cardioplegic arrest with cross-clamping of the ascending aorta. In the case reported here, mitral valve replacement was performed with an on-pump beating heart technique without cross-clamping the aorta because of diffuse adhesion around the tube graft. A 36-year-old man had undergone a Bentall operation (aortic root replacement+coronary reimplantation) via median sternotomy because of type I aortic dissection 4 years previously in our cardiac center. He was admitted to the hospital complaining of palpitation and dyspnea on mild exertion. Transthoracic echocardiography study revealed third-degree mitral insufficiency. Mitral valve replacement was carried out through re-median sternotomy with an on-pump beating heart technique without crossclamping the aorta. On-pump beating heart mitral valve replacement without a cross-clamp offers a safe approach when excessive dissection is required to place a crossclamp on the ascending aorta.
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J Am Heart Assoc
January 2025
Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx NY USA.
Background: Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a major focus of cardiovascular medicine, but limited data are available for racial and ethnic minorities. The aim was to assess the burden and clinical correlates of VHD in a highly diverse area of the United States.
Methods And Results: Individuals with echocardiographic diagnosis of native VHD between January 2010 and December 2019 at a quaternary care health system of the Bronx (New York, USA) were included.
JACC Adv
December 2024
Department of Interventional Cardiology& structural heart interventions, NICVD, Karachi, Pakistan.
Background: Patients with complex valvular heart disease (VHD) should be evaluated by a multidisciplinary heart team (HT). In low- and middle-income countries, referral practices are more variable, permitting any physician to refer patients directly to a cardiac surgeon without prior formal evaluation by a cardiologist with expertise in VHD.
Objectives: The goal of the study was to examine the demographics of VHD patients seen in a large heart valve center in a low- and middle-income country and to assess the impact of the multidisciplinary HT in patients referred for valve surgery.
JACC Adv
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Background: Population-based analyses may reduce uncertainty related to referral bias and/or incomplete follow-up.
Objectives: This study analyzed long-term mortality and durability of mitral valve repair in a geographically defined population with clinical and echocardiographic follow-up.
Methods: We used the Rochester Epidemiology Project to identify 153 Olmsted County patients who underwent mitral valve repair for degenerative regurgitation from 1993 to 2018.
JACC Adv
December 2024
Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
J Arrhythm
February 2025
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center Taipei Veterans General Hospital Taipei Taiwan.
With the cases of mechanical valves, especially double mitral and aortic valves, ablation at the left ventricle is very challenging. This case report used equipments that are readily available in the Electrophysiology laboratory, which can make the access feasible.
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