Impact of right heart function on outcome in patients with functional mitral regurgitation and chronic heart failure undergoing percutaneous edge ‐to‐edge‐repair

ConclusionsPatients with CHF and RVD were with regard to functional capacity less often responder and showed an unfavorable long ‐term outcome. Thus, patients with CHF and RVD seem to benefit less frequently from TMVR.

Source: Journal of Interventional Cardiology - December 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rico Osteresch, Kathrin Diehl, Matthias K ühl, Eduard Fiehn, Johannes Schmucker, Tina Backhaus, Andreas Fach, Harm Wienbergen, Rainer Hambrecht Tags: ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Source Type: research