The negative impact of mitral regurgitation (MR) on patient mortality, morbidity, and quality of life is widely recognized. However, only 15% of patients are referred for surgery due to their high surgical risk and low ejection fraction. Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair has become an important alternative for this group of patients. For subjects with degenerative MR,<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2023/10/31/tct-2023-clasp-iid-study-1-year-results-pascal-vs-mitraclip-for-degenerative-mitral-regurgitation/" title="Read more" >...</a>
MITRAL Trial, Results at 5 Years
Repeat mitral valve repair has been associated with increased mortality. Transcatheter mitral valve repair has surged as an alternative for patients treated with mitral valve-in-valve (MViV), valve-in-ring (MViR), or valve-in-mitral for annular calcification (ViMAC). Current data from the VIVID and the MAC Global Registry on 30-day evolution in these 3 scenarios show 7.4%, 11.4% and<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2023/10/04/mitral-trial-results-at-5-years/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Impact on Post-Procedural Gradient
Primary or degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) occurs frequently. Even though surgery continues to be the standard treatment at present, it remains risky for one group of patients, which makes edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (MV-TEER) a viable alternative. We are well aware that moderate to severe MR is associated with worse prognosis. However, post procedural mean<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2023/08/23/degenerative-mitral-regurgitation-impact-on-post-procedural-gradient/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Mitral Valve Edge to Edge Repair for Papillary Muscle Rupture after Acute Myocardial Infarction
With an approximate incidence of 0.05% to 0.25%, post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mitral valve failure caused by papillary muscle rupture is not exactly common. However, it is associated to high mortality rate, ranging between 36% and 80%. Current guidelines recommend surgical treatment, but more often than not surgery involves prohibitive or extremely high risk, with<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2023/07/14/mitral-valve-edge-to-edge-repair-for-papillary-muscle-rupture-after-acute-myocardial-infarction/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Mitral Valve Surgery after Edge-to-Edge Repair
In last few years, transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) with MitraClip has been shown safe and effective, both for primary and secondary mitral valve regurgitation (MR), given the increasing interventionist and echocardiographer experience. However, there is a group of patients that require surgery after failed TEER, either because of bad evolution or because device implantation<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2023/05/30/mitral-valve-surgery-after-edge-to-edge-repair/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Echo- Stress during Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair Can Be Useful
Transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair with Mitraclip has become a valid strategy to treat mitral valve regurgitation (MR) when surgery is not viable. However, after discharge, residual MR (>moderate) can affect over 10% of patients, because of the use of anesthesia, which alters pre and post procedural measurements. In this context, eco-stress could become a<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2023/05/23/echo-stress-during-edge-to-edge-mitral-valve-repair-can-be-useful/" title="Read more" >...</a>
MitraScore: What Does the Final Result of Edge-to-Edge Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation Provide?
Edge-to-edge treatment has proven to be a safe and effective technique in follow-up, decreasing mortality and hospitalizations for heart failure when a good result is achieved. The MitraScore was developed to assess the outcome at the end of the procedure. In that sense, results <3 represent mild mitral regurgitation, which would be related to lower<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2023/03/31/mitrascore-what-does-the-final-result-of-edge-to-edge-treatment-of-mitral-regurgitation-provide/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: Stages of Heart Failure and Prognostic Implications after Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair
We are already familiar with the strong impact of secondary mitral valve regurgitation (SMR) in survival and quality of life. Most of these patients present heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Stages of heart failure based on extra-mitral cardiac involvement has been shown relevant. There is also extensive research on aortic valve disease<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2023/01/09/secondary-mitral-regurgitation-stages-of-heart-failure-and-prognostic-implications-after-transcatheter-edge-to-edge-repair/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Mitral Trial: 2-Year Followup
At present, an important group of patients with mitral valve disease are at high surgical risk, especially those with deteriorated bio-prosthesis, severe mitral annulus calcification or those who had received mitral annuloplasty. Percutaneous treatment with balloon expandable valves is a valid option to treat these patients, seeing as their 30 day and one-year outcomes look<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2022/12/07/mitral-trial-2-year-followup/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Valve-in-Valve Shows Good Evolution after 2 Years
The degeneration of bioprostheses in aortic position occurs at approximately after 10 to 15 years. In this scenario, the treatment of choice used to be redo surgery, but with the evolution of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), it became a valid alternative with a level IIa B evidence. While there are currently multiple analyses of<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2022/12/02/valve-in-valve-shows-good-evolution-after-2-years/" title="Read more" >...</a>