Echocardiographic Guidance and Assessment of Percutaneous Repair for Mitral Regurgitation With the Evalve MitraClip: Lessons Learned From EVEREST I

TEE is essential to the guidance of percutaneous MitraClip E2E repair. A streamlined approach to echocardiographic guidance, using predetermined standardized views, a common anatomic-based vocabulary, preprocedural strategy meetings, and a display of echocardiographic aids in the catheterization laboratory shortens the procedure time and allows for efficient percutaneous repair.