Review of the MitraClip clinical evidence.
MitraClip system is the only catheter-based device for percutaneous mitral valve repair available for clinical use, after receipt of the CE Mark in 2008, while it is currently under review for FDA approval in the US. To date, over 3500 MitraClip implants have been performed worldwide, mainly in high risk surgical patients. The aim of this review is to review all the current evidences of the MitraClip therapy in an aim to define its clinical role in the treatment of mitral regurgitation (MR).
Cardiothoracic Department, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy. francesco.maisano@hsr.it
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D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000295:instrumentation; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*