Acute and Long-Term Hemodynamic Effects of MitraClip Implantation on a Preexisting Secondary Right Heart Failure

Positive results of MitraClip in terms of improvement in clinical and left ventricular parameters have been described in detail. However, long-term effects on secondary pulmonary hypertension were not investigated in a larger patient cohort to date. 70 patients with severe mitral regurgitation, addi...

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Main Authors: M. Hünlich, E. Lubos, B. E. Beuthner, M. Puls, A. Bleckmann, T. Beißbarth, T. Tichelbäcker, V. Rudolph, S. Baldus, U. Schäfer, H. Treede, R. S. Von Bardeleben, S. Blankenberg, W. Schillinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6817832