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SUBMITTER: Deuschl F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4598489 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deuschl Florian F Schofer Niklas N Lubos Edith E Schirmer Johannes J Conradi Lenard L Treede Hendrik H Reichenspurner Hermann H Blankenberg Stefan S Schäfer Ulrich U
Journal of thoracic disease 20150901 9
Treatment of mitral regurgitation (MR) with the MitraClip (MC), a percutaneous, transseptal edge-to-edge reconstruction of the mitral valve, has become an interesting treatment option in most patients not eligible for surgery. Lately a variety of studies have been published analyzing the treatment of MR with the MC in degenerative as well as functional MR. The results for both entities of MR show negligible intraprocedural mortality, low periprocedural complications rates and a beneficiary outco ...[more]