Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5597405 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Selecting the ventricular access site on the basis of mitral valve anatomy improves the outcomes for a subgroup of patients undergoing the transapical echocardiographically guided NeoChord (NeoChord, Inc, St. Louis Park, MN) repair procedure to correct mitral regurgitation and who have a leaflet-to-annulus index lower than the recommended efficacy threshold of 1.25.
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Authors
Andrea MD, PhD, Eleonora MD, Erica MD, Laura MD, Nicola MD, Roberto MD, Demetrio MD, Gino MD,