Insights from 8 Years of adoption experience of transcatheter mitral valve repair in Germany: Observed utilization patterns and impact on overall mitral valve procedure volumes.

CONCLUSIONS: Availability of TMVR has contributed to pronounced increase in MV procedure volumes in Germany. Simultaneously, MVS procedure volumes continued to grow substantially. The highest increase of TMVR was observed in elderly populations suggesting referral of patients with MV disease previously left untreated. PMID: 30111523 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research