Valve Repair/Replacement Flashcards
What are the 3 repairs for Mitral Regurgitation?
- transcatheter mitral clip
- transcatheter annuloplasty
- surgical MVP repair
What is done during a TRANSCATHETER MITRAL CLIP REPAIR?
The clip is introduced into LA and positioned above leaflets and then advanced into LV below the valve leaflets & retracted & close to hold leaflets together to reduce MR
What is done during a TRANSCATHETER ANNULOPLASTY?
D shaped ring that utilizes a unique time saving anchoring mechanism
What is done during a SURGICAL MVP REPAIR?
involves a triangular resection of the sagging scallop and typically followed by an annular ring
How does an ANNULAR RING appear on Echo?
echogenic and slightly increased velocities through the ring
What are the types of repair for Mitral Stenosis?
- catheter balloon
- surgical valvotomy
What are the types of repair for Aortic Insufficiency and Stenosis?
valve is typically replaced. no repaired because of location being adjacent to aorta
What are the types of PROSTHETIC VALVES?
- Bioprosthetic “ Tissue” Valves
1a. Stented
1b. Stentless
1c. Catheter - Homograft Valves
- Autograft Valves
- Valve Conduits
- Mechanical
5a. Bileaflet
5b. Tilting disk
What is the COMPOSITION of BIOPROSTHETIC TISSUE VALVES?
Referred to as heterografts (tissue from animal to human) leaflets typically porcine, or pericardium usually bovine or equine shaped to mimic normal leaflets
What is the SUPPORT STRUCTURE of A STENTED TISSUE VALVE?
mounted on a cloth-covered rigid support ring with a raised stent at each of the 3 commissures
What is the SUPPORT STRUCTURE of a STENTLESS VALVE?
uses a flexible cuff of fabric or tissue, instead of rigid stents to support the valve leaflets
What is the SUPPORT STRUCTURE of a CATHETER VALVE?
special designed bioprosthetic valves that can be implanted by a transcatheter approach with the tissue leaflets mounted on a compressible stent
What is the COMPOSITION of HOMOGRAFT VALVES?
cryopreserved human aortic or pulmonic valves harvested at autopsy. (human to human)
What is a homograft preserved as and what is it prone too?
- as a block ie., valve with portion of great vessel known as a valve conduit
- severe tissue calcification
What is the COMPOSITION of MECHANICAL VALVES?
made of carbon or titanium
What is the COMPOSITION of BILEAFLET MECHANICAL VALVE?
two semicircular disks hinged on a sewing ring
What is the COMPOSITION of TILTING DISK MECHANICAL VALVE?
a single circular disk supported on a central strut running across the sewing ring