Safety and performance of a novel transventricular beating heart mitral valve repair system: 1-year outcomes

Gammie, James S; Bartus, Krzysztof; Gackowski, Andrzej; Szymanski, Piotr; Bilewska, Agata; Kusmierczyk, Mariusz; Kapelak, Boguslaw; Rzucidlo-Resil, Jolanta; Duncan, Alison; Yadav, Rashmi; Livesey, Steve; Diprose, Paul; Gerosa, Gino; D'Onofrio, Augusto; Pittarello, Demetrio; Denti, Paolo; La Canna, Giovanni; De Bonis, Michele; Alfieri, Ottavio; Hung, Judy; Kolsut, Piotr; D'Ambra, Michael N

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezaa256

The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and performance of a novel, beating heart procedure that enables echocardiographic-guided beating heart implantation of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) artificial cords on the posterior mitral leaflet of patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation.

Safety and performance of a novel transventricular beating heart mitral valve repair system: 1-year outcomes / Gammie, J.S., Bartus, K., Gackowski, A., Szymanski, P., Bilewska, A., Kusmierczyk, M., Kapelak, B., Rzucidlo-Resil, J., Duncan, A., Yadav, R., Livesey, S., Diprose, P., Gerosa, G., D'Onofrio, A., Pittarello, D., Denti, P., La Canna, G., De Bonis, M., Alfieri, O., Hung, J., et al.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-7940. - 59:1(2021), pp. 199-206. [10.1093/ejcts/ezaa256]