Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in patients with mitral stenosis and coexistent hyperthyroidism

Jpn Heart J. 1996 Jan;37(1):131-6. doi: 10.1536/ihj.37.131.

Abstract

Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) was performed successfully without complications in 3 patients with severe mitral stenosis and hyperthyroidism. All 3 patients had pliable, noncalcified mitral valves. One patient who had been treated with methimazole for 6 months was still in a hyperthyroid state when she presented with intractable congestive heart failure and was found to have severe mitral stenosis. The heart failure improved immediately after PTMC, but the patient remained in New York Heart Association functional class 2 until a euthyroid state was achieved with I131 therapy. In the other 2 patients, hyperthyroidism was unsuspected at the time of PTMC. Unexpectedly suboptimal symptom improvement led to the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism 1 month after the intervention. In all 3 patients, PTMC resulted in an immediate hemodynamic and clinical improvement. However, complete clinical improvement occurred only when euthyroid state was achieved after antithyroid treatment. The present study suggests that PTMC is a safe and effective intervention modality in patients with coexisting hyperthyroidism and severe mitral stenosis. The procedure may be considered a therapeutic option in patients with hyperthyroidism and severe mitral stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Catheterization*
  • Female
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Hyperthyroidism / complications*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / complications
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / physiopathology
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / therapy