title: Clipping the Alfieri Stitch.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. Electronic address: stefan.buchner@ukr.de.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buchner
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Resch
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Herz-, Thorax-, und Herznahe Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobuch
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Birner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D012421:Rupture; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Alfieri stitch; MitraClip; mitral regurgitation; mitral valve repair; percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve