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Optimal results immediately after MitraClip therapy or surgical edge-to-edge repair for functional mitral regurgitation: are they really stable at 4 years?

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

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Source

Source Name: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Source URL: http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/3/488.abstract

Author(s)

Michele De Bonis, Elisabetta Lapenna, Nicola Buzzatti, Giovanni La Canna, Paolo Denti, Federico Pappalardo, Davide Schiavi, Alberto Pozzoli, Micaela Cioni, Giovanna Di Giannuario, and Ottavio Alfieri

MitraClip therapy for functional mitral regurgitation (MR) was inferior to surgical repair after 4 years with regard to MR recurrence according to a monocenter study on 143 patients who had optimal results immediately after treatment.