Echocardiographic assessment of functional mitral regurgitation: opening Pandora's box?

Abstract Two recent trials of transcatheter mitral‐valve repair in patients with functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) presented opposing results for the MitraClip® compared to medical therapy alone. The conflicting results gave rise to intensive discussions about assessment of mitral valve regurgit...

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Main Authors: Andreas Hagendorff, Torsten Doenst, Volkmar Falk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-08-01
Series:ESC Heart Failure
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12491