Impact of the learning curve on outcomes after percutaneous mitral valve repair with MitraClip® and lessons learned after the first 75 consecutive patients

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1331-1339

  Schillinger, Wolfgang ^a   Athanasiou, Thomas ^a   Weicken, Ninja ^a   Berg, Lars ^a   Tichelbcker, Tobias ^a   Puls, Miriam ^a   Hnlich, Mark ^a   Wachter, Rolf ^a   Helms, Hans Joachim ^b   Seipelt, Ralf ^c   Schndube, Friedrich A ^c   Hasenfuss, Gerd ^a  

^a Universittsmedizin Gttingen   (Germany)

^b Universittsmedizin Gttingen ^*  (Germany)

^c Universittsmedizin Gttingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Learning curve; MitraClip; Mitral valve regurgitation; Percutaneous mitral valve repair

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLIP; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DENMARK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855206152     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr141     Document Type: Article

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