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Transcatheter mitral valve repair: review of current techniques

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Mitral regurgitation is common and is associated with excess morbidity and mortality. Despite these poor outcomes, only a minority of affected patients undergo mitral surgery, for several reasons, which underlines the substantial unmet need for treatment for this disorder. Transcatheter mitral valve repair interventions have been developed to treat mitral regurgitation in an undertreated patient population. The aim of this status quo review is to provide an overview of currently available transcatheter mitral valve repair techniques, the different approaches and the clinical outcomes reported so far.

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    Thilo Noack, Philipp Kiefer, Sergey Leontyev, David Michael Holzhey & Joerg Seeburger

  2. University Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Centre Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Christian Besler, Philipp Lurz & Mohamed Abdel-Wahab

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Noack, T., Kiefer, P., Besler, C. et al. Transcatheter mitral valve repair: review of current techniques. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 36 (Suppl 1), 53–63 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-019-00864-5

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