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Early and Mid-Term Safety and Efficacy Outcomes After Mitra Clip Implantation in a Real- World Patient Cohort with High Surgical Risk – Insights from the Dresdner Mitra Clip Registry

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Wiedemann S, Heidrich FM, Ebert D, Melz C, Sveric KM, Pfluecke C, Katzke S and Strasser RH

Background: MitraClip therapy has recently gained clinical attention after EU and US approval. The Dresdner MitraClip registry reflects real world clinical demographic findings and midterm outcomes in an older patient cohort at high or prohibitive surgical risk with mixed mitral regurgitation (MR) etiology. Methods and results: A retrospective data analysis was conducted for consecutive patients with severe MR treated with the MitraClip system in a single institution between 08/2012 and 08/2015. 160 patients (46% ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM), 22% dilative cardiomyopathy (DCM) and 32% degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) participated in this study. Patients in the ICM group had a significantly higher EURO-II-Score (22 (ICM) vs. 15 (DCM) vs 13 (DMR), p<0,05), representing a more co... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000301

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