Patients selection for MitraClip: time to move to transthoracic echocardiographic screening?

Paola Gripari; Francesco Maffessanti; Gloria Tamborini; Manuela Muratori; Laura Fusini; Sarah Ghulam Ali; Cristina Ferrari; Francesco Alamanni; Antonio L Bartorelli; Cesare Fiorentini; Mauro Pepi

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.064

Patients selection for MitraClip: time to move to transthoracic echocardiographic screening?

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Sep 20;176(2):491-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.064. Epub 2014 Jul 12.

Affiliations

¹ Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
² Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: fmaffessanti@ccfm.it.
³ Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health - Cardiovascular Section, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 25064197
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.064

No abstract available

Keywords: Echocardiography, 3-dimensional; Mitral valve regurgitation; Percutaneous mitral valve repair; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Echocardiography / trends
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Patient Selection*
Surgical Instruments / trends