Patients selection for MitraClip: Time to move to transthoracic echocardiographic screening?

Int J Cardiol

27 August Aug 2014 11 years ago
  • Gripari P, Maffessanti F, Tamborini G, Muratori M, Fusini L, Ghulam Ali S, Ferrari C, Alamanni F, Bartorelli AL, Fiorentini C, Pepi M

Aims of this study are: 1) to compare the feasibility and agreement between transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of mitral valve  anatomic eligibility for MitraClip procedure; 2) to evaluate the accuracy of patient selection screening based on transthoracic echocardiography.

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