Acute reverse annular remodeling during MitraClip^® therapy predicts improved clinical outcome in heart failure patients: a 3D echocardiography study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) has been shown to have acute effects on mitral valve geometry in patients with functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). This study investigates the impact of MitraClip^® therapy-induced annular remodeling on clinical outcome and mitral regurgitation in heart failure patients.

Methods

TMVR was performed successfully in 45 patients with FMR. In this study, mitral valve datasets were obtained before and directly after MitraClip^® implantation using three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography, and were analyzed offline retrospectively using dedicated 3D reconstruction software. Patients underwent clinical and echocardiographic evaluation at baseline and after 6 months. At follow-up, the patients we

SUBMITTER: Herbrand T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5607606 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature