Transcatheter Versus Surgical Valve Repair in Patients with Severe Mitral Regurgitation.
Matthias KoschutnikVarius DannenbergCarolina DonàChristian NitscheAndreas Anselm KammerlanderSophia KoschatkoDaniel ZimpferMartin HülsmannStefan AschauerMatthias Schneider-ReigbertPhilipp E BartkoGeorg GoliaschChristian HengstenbergJulia MascherbauerPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
In this propensity-matched, all-comers cohort, two-year outcomes after TMVR versus SMV were similar. Given the reported favorable long-term durability of TMVR, the interventional approach emerges as a valuable alternative for a substantial number of patients with functional and degenerative MR.