Mitraclip Procedure as a Bridge Therapy in a Patient With Heart Failure Listed for Heart Transplantation Andrea Garatti, MD, Serenella Castelvecchio, MD, Francesco Bandera, MD, Massimo Medda, MD, Lorenzo Menicanti, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 5, Pages 1796-1799 (May 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.079 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Apical four-chamber echocardiography showing the reduction of mitral regurgitation from severe to mild. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1796-1799DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.079) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Apical five-chamber echocardiography showing the reduction of mitral regurgitation from severe to mild. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1796-1799DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.079) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Parasternal short axis echocardiography showing the position of the MitraClip (arrow) close to the anterior mitral commissure. (Left panel: before clip; Right panel: after clip.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1796-1799DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.079) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions