title: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Clears the First Hurdle.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: howard.herrmann@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Howard C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.affiliation: East Carolina Heart Institute, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
authors.forename: W Randolph
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Chitwood
mesh_terms: D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: heart failure; mitral prosthesis; mitral regurgitation; mitral valve implantation; transcatheter