Key result
Urgent TEER successfully reduces severe MR as a bail-out after failed surgery in one patient.
Why the study?
Surgical failure and high perioperative risk may limit reintervention options for degenerative mitral regurgitation, particularly in elderly patients with comorbidities, where transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair may represent a viable bail-out strategy.
Does urgent transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (M-TEER) improve severe degenerative mitral regurgitation in a hemodynamically unstable patient after failed surgical repair?
Case Report (n=1)
Does urgent transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (M-TEER) improve severe degenerative mitral regurgitation in a hemodynamically unstable patient after failed surgical repair?
Transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair can serve as a safe and effective bail-out strategy for hemodynamically unstable patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation following failed surgical repair.
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May support M-TEER as rescue after failed mitral repair; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
Putti et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Acute Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation (n=1). Transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (M-TEER) was evaluated on Reduction of mitral regurgitation. Urgent transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using 2 MitraClip devices successfully reduced severe mitral regurgitation as a bail-out strategy in a 79-year-old man after failed surgery.
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