Stroke and Thrombus Formation Appending to the MitraClip™: What is the Appropriate Anticoagulation Regimen?
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Karsten Hamm1, Sebastian Barth1, Anno Diegeler2, Sebastian Kerber1 Departments of 1Cardiology and 2Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Hospital Bad Neustadt, Germany |
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Percutaneous mitral valve repair with the MitraClip™ system (Abbot Vascular, USA) is a promising technique for the non-surgical treatment of mitral regurgitation in special situations. The case is reported of a 72-year-old patient with history of atrial fibrillation and a severely impaired left ventricular function who underwent successful MitraClip |
implantation because of functional mitral regurgitation grade 3. The patient’s postinterventional course was complicated three weeks later by a cardioembolic stroke due to thrombus formation on the MitraClip, despite receiving dual platelet therapy. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2013;22:713-715 |
| Stroke and Thrombus Formation Appending to the MitraClip™: What is the Appropriate Anticoagulation Regimen? | |
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