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SUBMITTER: Kortlandt FA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4805767 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kortlandt Friso A FA de Beenhouwer Thomas T Swaans Martin J MJ Post Marco C MC van der Heyden Jan A S JA Eefting Frank D FD Rensing Benno J W M BJ
Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy 20160401 2
Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve (MV) repair is a relatively new treatment option for mitral regurgitation (MR). After the feasibility and safety having been proved in low-surgical-risk patients, the use of this procedure has shifted more to the treatment of high-risk patients. With the absence of randomized controlled trials (RCT) for this particular subgroup, observational studies try to add evidence to the safety aspect of this procedure. These also provide short- and mid-term mortality ...[more]