title: Percutaneous Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation.
abstract: Surgical mitral valve (MV) repair remains the gold standard to treat patients with significant degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR). Medical therapy was the only option for patients found to be not appropriate for MV surgery until the development of percutaneous/transcatheter MV repair options that now allow to reduce MR less invasively and safely. This article discusses the basic mechanisms of MR and the rationale for MR intervention and offers a detailed review on percutaneous/transcatheter MV repair with the MitraClip.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 5B, Boston, MA, 02114, USA, jdalbianco@partners.org.
authors.forename: Jacob P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dal-Bianco
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Inglessis
authors.forename: Serguei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Melnitchouk
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daher
authors.forename: Igor F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Palacios