Impact of bench repair for donor mitral valve before orthotopic heart transplantation: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of donor hearts with valvular disease has been considered debatable in heart transplantation for many years. However, few reports indicate successful heart transplantation using donor hearts with mitral regurgitation that underwent mitral valve repair on the back bench.

Case presentation

We report two cases of a 38-year-old and a 48-year-old woman with implantable left ventricular assist devices who underwent heart transplantation at our institution. Transthoracic echocardiography of donor hearts just before the explant revealed that each donor heart had preserved cardiac function and significant mitral regurgitation due to mitral posterior leaflet prolapse and annular dilatation, respectively. Bench mitral valve repair was accomplished using triangular re

SUBMITTER: Mikami T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11533544 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature