The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Direct wire pacing for transcatheter mitral valve replacement
DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00369
Clément Servoz1, MD; Jérôme Wintzer-Wehekind2,3, MD; Jean-Michel Paradis4, MD; Didier Champagnac3, MD; Gaetan Charbonnier5, MD; Julio Farjat-Pasos4, MD; Mohamed Abdellaoui2,3, MD; Nicolas Dumonteil5, MD; Benjamin Faurie2,3, MD
1. Department of Cardiology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France; 2. Institut Cardiovasculaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France; 3. Médipôle Lyon, Villeurbanne, France; 4. Cardiology Department, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada; 5. Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
Failure after mitral annuloplasty or replacement is one of the long-term complications after mitral surgery. Reoperation in this frail population is associated with high postoperative mortality and morbidity1. Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) procedures, including mitral valve-in-valve (ViV), valve-in-ring (ViR) and valve-in-mitral annular calcification (ViMAC), have recently emerged as off-label alternative therapies for prosthesis dysfunction and severe mitral calcification2. Even though TMVR without rapid pacing has been successfully performed, it can improve valve stability and so optimises deployment and valve positioning. Temporary right ventricle pacing (RVP) is potentially associated with vascular and ventricular complications such as perforations and tamponades. Transcatheter ...