Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: Factors Associated with Screening Success and Failure.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite several prostheses available, most patients referred to Heart Valve Clinics and good candidate regarding their clinical profile cannot be implanted with TMVR because of mismatch between their anatomy and prosthesis characteristics. Our findings suggest the need to develop new prosthesis adapted to larger MA but with lower impact on the LVOT. PMID: 31449044 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research