Effect of mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair on indices of left atrial performance in chronic mitral regurgitation.
Michael BiersmithDavid A OrsinelliThura T HarfiScott LillyKonstantinos Dean BoudoulasPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2022)
In patients with chronic MR, LAKE increases after TEER with MitraClip driven by an increase in LA emptying velocities. Changes were also seen in LA strain with MitraClip. These procedurally induced changes due to mild mitral stenosis may have clinical implications.