Percutaneous Mitral Edge-to-Edge Repair: State of the Art and a Glimpse to the Future

Faisal Khan; Mirjam Winkel; Geraldine Ong; Nicolas Brugger; Thomas Pilgrim; Stephan Windecker; Fabien Praz; Neil Fam

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2019.00122

Percutaneous Mitral Edge-to-Edge Repair: State of the Art and a Glimpse to the Future

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2019 Sep 18:6:122. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00122. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Faisal Khan¹, Mirjam Winkel¹, Geraldine Ong², Nicolas Brugger¹, Thomas Pilgrim¹, Stephan Windecker¹, Fabien Praz¹, Neil Fam²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
² Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Abstract

Patients with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation have a poor prognosis if left untreated. In those patients who are not eligible for mitral valve surgery, percutaneous edge-to-edge repair may improve clinical outcomes. Recent clinical trials have added to our knowledge and provide interesting insights into the management of such patients. With an increasingly aging global population, these technologies are likely to represent an important treatment option. This mini-review will examine the technology, the evidence and the latest developments in percutaneous mitral edge-to-edge repair.

Keywords: MitraClip (MC); mitral regurgitation (MR); mitral valve; percutaneous mitral repair; transcatheter mitral valve (MV) repair.

Publication types

Review