Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure

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Authors

Gregg W. Stone · Cardiovascular Research Foundation

JoAnn Lindenfeld

William T. Abraham · Lung Institute

Saibal Kar · Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute

D. Scott Lim · University of Virginia

Jacob M. Mishell · Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center

Brian Whisenant · Intermountain Medical Center

Abstract

Among patients with heart failure who have mitral regurgitation due to left ventricular dysfunction, the prognosis is poor. Transcatheter mitral-valve repair may improve their clinical outcomes.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 379, Issue 24, pp. 2307-2318

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1806640

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