title: Future of transcatheter repair of the mitral valve.
abstract: Percutaneous mitral valve repair is under investigation as a novel method to treat mitral valve insufficiency with a catheter-based, closed-heart, nonsurgical approach. Two techniques of mitral valve reconstruction have been adapted from surgery to the percutaneous approach: edge-to-edge repair and annuloplasty. The devices that have been developed to perform these 2 procedures are described, and preliminary clinical experience is presented. Expectations for the future are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Unit and Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 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; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*