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This case illustrates the use of the MitraClip in a patient with severe functional mitral regurgitation. The mitral valve anatomy was unfavorable, but the procedure was successfully performed using a stepwise approach using two clips to improve coaptation of the leaflets.
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Saraste, A., Lund, J., Saraste, M., Luotolahti, M., Airaksinen, J., Franzen, O. (2013). Severe Functional Mitral Regurgitation with Missing Leaflet Coaptation. In: Feldman, T., Franzen, O., Low, R., Rogers, J., Yeo, K.K. (eds) Atlas of Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4294-2_30
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