Same-day discharge after transcatheter mitral valve repair using MitraClip in a tertiary community hospital: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is a realization for innovation in procedures and protocols to minimize hospital stay and at the same time ensure continued evidence-based treatment delivered to the patients. We present a same-day discharge protocol for transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) using MitraClip under general anaesthesia in a six-patient case series. This protocol aims to reduce the length of hospital stay, thereby minimizing potential for nosocomial COVID-19 infections and to promote safe discharge with cautious follow-up.

Case summary

Six patients with severe symptomatic mitral valve (MV) regurgitation underwent successful transfemoral MV repair using standard procedures. Following repair, patients were monitor

SUBMITTER: Chowdhury M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8522429 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature