Only Neochordoplasty Achieves Physiological Trans-valvular Pressure Gradients After Repair Of Acute Posterior Leaflet Prolapse In Porcine Mitral Valves

Hurni, Samuel; Jahren, Silje Ekroll; Vandenberghe, Stijn; Carrel, Thierry; Obrist, Dominik; Weber, Alberto (23 April 2015). Only Neochordoplasty Achieves Physiological Trans-valvular Pressure Gradients After Repair Of Acute Posterior Leaflet Prolapse In Porcine Mitral Valves. In: AATS Mitral Conclave 2015. 23.04.-25.04.2015.

Objective:
Minimizing resection and preserving leaflet tissue has been previously shown to be beneficial for mitral valve function and leaflet kinematics after repair of acute posterior leaflet prolapse in porcine valves. We examined the effects of different additional methods of mitral valve repair (neochordoplasty, ring annuloplasty, edge-to-edge repair and triangular resection) on hemodynamics at different heart rates in an experimental model.

Methods:
Severe acute P2 prolapse was created in eight porcine mitral valves by resecting the posterior marginal chordae. Valve hemodynamics was quantified under pulsatile conditions in an in vitro heart simulator before and after surgical manipulation. Mitral regurgitation was corrected using four different methods of repair on the same valve: neochordoplasty with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sutures alone and together with ring annuloplasty, edge-to-edge repair and triangular resection, both with non-restrictive annuloplasty. Residual mitral valve leak, trans-valvular pressure gradients, flow and cardiac output were measured at 60 and 80 beats/min. A validated statistical linear mixed model was used to analyze the effect of treatment. The p values were calculated using a two-sided Wald test.

Results:
Only neochordoplasty with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sutures but without ring annuloplasty achieved similar hemodynamics compared to those of the native mitral valve (p range 0.071-0.901). Trans-valvular diastolic pressure gradients were within a physiologic range but significantly higher than those of the native valve following neochordoplasty with ring annuloplasty (p=0.000), triangular resection (p=0.000) and edge-to-edge repair (p=0.000). Neochordoplasty alone was significantly better in terms of hemodynamic than neochordoplasty with a ring annuloplasty (p=0.000). These values were stable regardless of heart rate or ring size.

Conclusions:
Neochordoplasty without ring annuloplasty is the only repair technique able to achieve almost native physiological hemodynamics after correction of leaflet prolapse in a porcine experimental model of acute chordal rupture.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Abstract)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Heart Surgery
10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research
10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research > ARTORG Center - Cardiovascular Engineering (CVE)

UniBE Contributor:

Hurni, Samuel, Jahren, Silje Ekroll, Vandenberghe, Stijn, Carrel, Thierry, Obrist, Dominik, Weber, Alberto

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology

Language:

English

Submitter:

Silje Ekroll Jahren

Date Deposited:

20 Jul 2015 07:44

Last Modified:

27 Feb 2024 14:28

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/70342

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