title: Percutaneous mitral valve repair procedures.
abstract: Percutaneous mitral valve procedures are under investigation as a novel method to treat mitral valve insufficiency with a catheter-based, closed heart, non-surgical approach. The technical opportunities, the expectations for the future and the implications for the conventional surgery are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery, San Raffaele University Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy. ottavio.alfieri@hsr.it
authors.forename: Ottavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alfieri
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maisano
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D010819:Physician's Role