Outcome of Patients Having Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation for the Treatment of Degenerated Mitral Bioprostheses

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation (TMVI) is at various levels of preclinical investigation and has proven to be more challenging than transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) due to more complex anatomy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short-term and long-term outcomes of high-risk patients undergoing TMVI for degenerated mitral bioprostheses. In this retrospective, observational study, we reviewed data on the first 26 patients with previous surgical mitral valve replacement or repair with annular ring that underwent TMVI using the balloon-expandable heart-valve system at our institution from 2014 to 2019.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research