Surgical isolated edge-to-edge mitral valve repair without annuloplasty: clinical proof of the principle for an endovascular approach.

Abstract

Isolated surgical E2E mitral repair, intentionally performed without annuloplasty, has acceptable midterm results for degenerative and functional MR, comparable to conventional repair techniques with annuloplasty. These results encourage the evaluation of less invasive endovascular E2E repair approaches in a clinical setting.