Volume-Outcome Relationships for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair

Transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement.

Mitral-valve repair for mitral-valve prolapse.

n engl j med 361;23 nejm.org december 3, 2009 2261 This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major clinical studies, the clinical use of this therapy, and potential adverse effects are reviewed. Relevant formal guidelines, if they exist, are prese...

Preliminary experience using the transcatheter mitral valve leaflet repair procedure.

BACKGROUND Mitral regurgitation (MR) causes increased morbidity and mortality in heart failure patients and is often associated with augmented surgical risk. OBJECTIVES To assess the preliminary results oftranscatheter mitral valve leaflet repair (TMLR) in a single academic center. METHODS Data were collected prospectively in the cardiology department of Rabin Medical Center in 2012. Ten co...

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation

T he rationale for the development of a transcatheter mitral valve implantation (tMVI) procedure, either percutaneous or via minimally invasive surgery (MIS), arose from consideration of several key surgical concepts. First, mitral valve replacement is the most effective modality and the gold standard procedure for reliably reducing mitral regurgitation (MR). The efficacy and risks of mitral va...

Early partial clip detachment following transcatheter mitral valve repair.

A 71-year-old man with a history of dyspnoea in New York Heart Association functional class III, due to heart failure and severe mitral regurgitation, was admitted to hospital for the treatment of valvular heart disease. The patient, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the past, had undergone two coronary artery bypass surgeries (in 1998 and 2014), the latter complicated by periprocedural myocard...