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Mitral valve surgery following failed MitraClip implantation

Submitted by: CTSNet Staff

Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery

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Author(s): Piotr Mazur, Salvior Mok, Amar Krishnaswamy, Samir Kapadia, Jose L. Navia

Mitral valve disruption is a rare but serious complication of MitraClip insertion. This review provides an update on surgical interventions following MitraClip failure, and discusses possible valve injuries and surgical approaches.

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  1. Interesting how patients assumed to be non-operable did reasonably well after salvage surgery. It follows that some of them should NOT have had the clip in the first place. Congratulations on a good paper

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