Edge-to-Edge Technique Used as a Bailout for Suboptimal Mitral Repair: Long-term Results

Carino, Davide; Lorusso, Roberto; Del Forno, Benedetto; Lapenna, Elisabetta; Ascione, Guido; Sala, Alessandra; Ruggeri, Stefania; Schavi, Davide; Bargagna, Marta; Maisano, Francesco; Castiglioni, Alessandro; Alfieri, Ottavio; De Bonis, Michele

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.08.008

For cases of initial suboptimal mitral valve repair, the edge-to-edge (EE) technique has been used as a bailout procedure. However the long-term durability of those rescued mitral valves is currently unknown. With this study we aim to evaluate the long-term clinical and echocardiographic results of the EE technique used to rescue patients with initial suboptimal conventional mitral valve repair.

Edge-to-Edge Technique Used as a Bailout for Suboptimal Mitral Repair: Long-term Results / Carino, Davide; Lorusso, Roberto; Del Forno, Benedetto; Lapenna, Elisabetta; Ascione, Guido; Sala, Alessandra; Ruggeri, Stefania; Schavi, Davide; Bargagna, Marta; Maisano, Francesco; Castiglioni, Alessandro; Alfieri, Ottavio; De Bonis, Michele. - In: ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 0003-4975. - 115:1(2023), pp. 112-118. [10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.08.008]