EDITORIAL COMMENT
Prediction of left circumflex artery impingement after indirect mitral annuloplasty with the carillon device: “There is more to this than meets the eye!”
First published: 01 December 2021
Expert Article Analysis for: Procedural planning of CS-based indirect mitral annuloplasty using CT-angiography
Key Points
- CT angiography prior to indirect mitral annuloplasty with the Carillon device may provide useful information for prediction of left circumflex artery (LCX) impingement.
- Application of coronary sinus to LCX distance, as a predictor of LCX impingement, needs further validation.
- Future studies should examine anatomic predictors of LCX impingement within well-defined pathophysiological subsets of patients with functional mitral regurgitation.
