title: Association of Uneven MitraClip Application and Leaflet Stress in a Finite Element Model.
authors.affiliation: UCSF East Bay Surgical Residency, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Ashley E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco3San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Curtis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wozniak
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Sarthak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.affiliation: San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California5Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Eugene A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Radiology, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Weinsaft
authors.affiliation: San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California8Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Mark B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ratcliffe
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004867:Equipment Design; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*