IMAGES IN CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 47 (2015) 197 doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezu144 Advance Access publication 3 April 2014
Cite this article as: Shaikhrezai K, Chambers AJ, Morcos K, Berg G. Late left ventricular outflow tract obstruction following mitral valve replacement. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2015;47:197.
Late left ventricular outflow tract obstruction following mitral valve replacement Kasra Shaikhrezai*, Anthony John Chambers, Karim Morcos and Geoffrey Berg Department of Cardiac Surgery, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK * Corresponding author. Kasra Shaikhrezai, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Agamemnon Street, Clydebank, Greater Glasgow G81 4DY, UK. Tel: +44-789-0057924; fax: +44-141-9515603; e-mail: [email protected] (K. Shaikhrezai). Received 11 February 2014; received in revised form 4 March 2014; accepted 10 March 2014
Keywords: Mitral valve replacement • Systolic anterior motion • Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Supplementary material (Video 1) is available at EJCTS online. Video 1: Transthoracic echocardiography (long axis view) demonstrating the systolic anterior motion obstructing the left ventricle outflow tract in systole. In the initial operation the native valve was found degenerative with no interventricular septum hypertrophy. In the firsttime replacement the AMVL was partially resected, and it was found thrombosed and elongated in the second operation.
Figure 1: (A) Transthoracic echocardiography (long-axis view) demonstrating the systolic anterior motion obstructing the left ventricular outflow tract in systole (arrow), possibly due to an anatomical discrepancy in the location of the papillary muscle and the anterior mitral valve leaflet. (B) Transthoracic echocardiography, the apical view demonstrating the jet velocity across the left ventricular outflow tract. Ao: aorta; LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle.
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
A 66-year old male presented with presyncope 14 years following mechanical mitral valve replacement. Echocardiography demonstrated the remainder of an elongated anterior mitral valve leaflet (AMVL) with systolic anterior motion obstructing the left ventricular outflow tract (Fig. 1 and Supplementary Video 1). Owing to previous intracranial bleeding, the completion of AMVL resection was performed via the bioprosthetic mitral valve.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 47 (2015) 197 doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezu144 Advance Access publication 3 April 2014
Cite this article as: Shaikhrezai K, Chambers AJ, Morcos K, Berg G. Late left ventricular outflow tract obstruction following mitral valve replacement. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2015;47:197.
Late left ventricular outflow tract obstruction following mitral valve replacement Kasra Shaikhrezai*, Anthony John Chambers, Karim Morcos and Geoffrey Berg Department of Cardiac Surgery, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK * Corresponding author. Kasra Shaikhrezai, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Agamemnon Street, Clydebank, Greater Glasgow G81 4DY, UK. Tel: +44-789-0057924; fax: +44-141-9515603; e-mail: [email protected] (K. Shaikhrezai). Received 11 February 2014; received in revised form 4 March 2014; accepted 10 March 2014
Keywords: Mitral valve replacement • Systolic anterior motion • Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Supplementary material (Video 1) is available at EJCTS online. Video 1: Transthoracic echocardiography (long axis view) demonstrating the systolic anterior motion obstructing the left ventricle outflow tract in systole. In the initial operation the native valve was found degenerative with no interventricular septum hypertrophy. In the firsttime replacement the AMVL was partially resected, and it was found thrombosed and elongated in the second operation.
Figure 1: (A) Transthoracic echocardiography (long-axis view) demonstrating the systolic anterior motion obstructing the left ventricular outflow tract in systole (arrow), possibly due to an anatomical discrepancy in the location of the papillary muscle and the anterior mitral valve leaflet. (B) Transthoracic echocardiography, the apical view demonstrating the jet velocity across the left ventricular outflow tract. Ao: aorta; LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle.
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
IMAGES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
A 66-year old male presented with presyncope 14 years following mechanical mitral valve replacement. Echocardiography demonstrated the remainder of an elongated anterior mitral valve leaflet (AMVL) with systolic anterior motion obstructing the left ventricular outflow tract (Fig. 1 and Supplementary Video 1). Owing to previous intracranial bleeding, the completion of AMVL resection was performed via the bioprosthetic mitral valve.
