Edge-to-Edge mitral valve repair for preoperative bridging to heart transplantation.

ABSTRACT: Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) is a less invasive alternative to mitral valve surgery. In patients with advanced heart failure (HF), TEER can improve pulmonary hypertension (PH) and decelerate the progression of HF. TEER could be considered as a possible bridging strategy before orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) in suitable patients. We report our experience in patients with advanced HF and severe functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) who underwent TEER prior to OHT. In this retrospective single-center study, we evaluated the periprocedural characteristics and clinical and hemodynamic outcomes of 14 patients with advanced HF on guideline-directed medical therapy and severe FMR who underwent TEER prior to OHT. In 6 patients who were not eligible for transplantation because of

SUBMITTER: Messner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11795678 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature