If MitraClip Fails 95 Percent of Patients Will Need Surgical Valve Replacement
Cardiac surgeons say mitral regurgitation patients need to be better screened and counseled before getting a transcatheter repair
If MitraClip fails and a surgical repair is required, a late-breaking study presented at the 2021 AATS meeting showed 95 percent of patients will require a full surgical valve replacement.
May 4, 2021 – A new study, presented at the 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 101st annual meeting, and simultaneously published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), finds that patients suffering from severe mitral regurgitation should be carefully screened and counseled before undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral repair (TEER).[1] Data showed that up to 95 percent of patients who needed surgery after failed TEER could not have their valves repaired, and needed a full surgical mitral valve replacement to resolve the issue.