The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Aug 2021
Trends in MitraClip, mitral valve repair, and mitral valve replacement from 2000 to 2016.
The dissemination of mitral valve repair as the first-line treatment and the introduction of MitraClip for patients who have a prohibitive risk for surgery have changed the landscape of mitral valve intervention. The aim of this study is to provide current and generalizable data regarding the trend of mitral valve interventions and outcomes from 2000 to 2016. ⋯ Over a 17-year period, mitral-valve interventions were associated with improved outcomes despite being applied to an increasingly sicker population.