Safety and efficacy of percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip® system in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Safety and efficacy of percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip® system in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Patients with diabetes mellitus show a negative outcome in percutaneous coronary intervention, aortic valve replacement and cardiac surgery. The impact of diabetes on patients undergoing treatment of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) using the MitraClip system is not known. We therefore sought to ass...

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Main Authors: Katharina Hellhammer, Tobias Zeus, Jan Balzer, Silke van Hall, Christos Rammos, Rabea Wagstaff, Malte Kelm, Tienush Rassaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4222883?pdf=render

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