TITLE:
Anesthetic Management of a Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair (MVR) with the MitraClip System in a Twice Renal Transplanted Patient
AUTHORS:
Ezgi Erkılıç, Elvin Kesimci, Tülin Gümüş, Orhan Kanbak
KEYWORDS:
Renal Transplantation, MitraClip Implantation, Anesthesia
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.6 No.2,
February
24,
2016
ABSTRACT: Chronic renal failure is strongly related to poor outcomes, in cardiovascular system, such as: cardiac dilatation, left ventricular dysfunction and mitral valve regurgitation. Mitral calcification and regurgitation play an important role in prediction of morbidity and mortality in patients on dialysis. Percutaneous mitral valve repair (MVR) with the MitraClip system, which has begun to be used in severe mitral insufficiency patients with multiple comorbid medical conditions, including renal disease, is a new, alternative method. This intervention is not associated with cardiopulmonary bypass, thus; it has been proven to be safe and effective in risky patients. In this report, we would like to share our anesthetic experience in successful mitral valve repair by MitraClip system in a patient who had undergone renal transplantation twice.