Wolfgang Rottbauer Author

Research Article Open Access

Procedural and Clinical Results of the New MitraClip® NT after Percutaneous Edge to Edge Repair of Mitral Valve Regurgitation

Author(s):

Mirjam Keßler, Julia Seeger, Jochen Wöhrle, Wolfgang Rottbauer and Sinisa Markovic*

Objective: The MitraClip® NT (MC-NT) as an updated version aim to facilitate improved maneuvering of the guide catheter and more efficient leaflet capture due to technical improvements of the delivery system and clip material. We evaluate procedural results and 12-month clinical outcomes of the new MC-NT device and compare them with the previous MitraClip® MC.

Methods: We analyzed a total population of 231 patients from our Ulm - Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair registry. To adjust for differences of baseline characteristics a propensity-score matching was performed (N=142). 30-day endpoints were analyzed in accordance with the Mitral Valve Academic Research Consortium (MVARC). F... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000340

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