title: Percutaneous mitral valve repair and replacement: complementary or competitive techniques?
abstract: As transcatheter mitral replacement technologies have recently been applied in early clinical trials, the question as to whether valve implantation would have the potential to become the leading percutaneous mitral valve therapy has been raised. The aim of this report is to give an overview of the different peculiarities of percutaneous replacement and repair techniques, and to predict whether the two approaches will have a complementary rather than a competitive clinical role in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Heart Valve Clinic, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taramasso
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuwata
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Cetina Biefer
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nietlispach
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maisano
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome