The most common etiologies of mitral regurgitation (MR) include degenerative and functional pathologies. MitraClip® (Abbott Vascular, CA, USA), a new device for transcatheter mitral valve repair ...

COAPT and RESHAPE-HF trials underway to demonstrate the benefit of the therapy in high-risk patients with heart failure due to functional mitral regurgitation. These will compare MitraClip ...

A 'MitraClip' is a small device intended to reduce mitral valve regurgitation and reduce heart ... normal activities in a shorter span of time after this procedure. Another significant benefit ...

The MitraClip is a device that can be inserted surgically or percutaneously to treat severe mitral valve regurgitation that is functional in etiology (from annular dilation). This device clips the ...