Indirect Annuloplasty to Treat Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Current Results and Future Perspectives

The incidence of mitral regurgitation (MR) is approximately 1.7% in the developed world, and this increases to more than 10% in patients aged over 75 years. Functional (or secondary) mitral regurgitation (FMR) is defined as poor leaflet coaptation and tethering secondary to either ischemic or non-is...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Main Authors:	Tiffany Patterson, Heath Adams, Christopher Allen, Ronak Rajani, Bernard Prendergast, Simon Redwood
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Subjects:	mitral regurgitation annuloplasty transcatheter functional mitral regurgitation indirect annuloplasty
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2019.00060/full