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SUBMITTER: Velu JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6482124 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Velu J F JF Baan J J de Bruin-Bon H A C M HACM van Mourik M S MS Nassif M M Koch K T KT Vis M M MM van den Brink R B RB Boekholdt S M SM Piek J J JJ Bouma B J BJ
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 20181129 4
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether stress echocardiography improves selection of patients who might have clinical benefit from percutaneous mitral valve repair with the MitraClip. In total, 39 patients selected for MitraClip implantation underwent preprocedural low-dose stress (dobutamine or handgrip) echocardiography from which stroke volume, ejection fraction and MR grade were measured. Outcome after MitraClip implantation was determined by New York Heart Association class ...[more]