Impact of the learning curve on outcome after transcatheter mitral valve repair: results from the German Mitral Valve Registry

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 930-937

  Ledwoch, Jakob ^a   Franke, Jennifer ^a   Baldus, Stephan ^b   Schillinger, Wolfgang ^c   Bekeredjian, Raffi ^d   Boekstegers, Peter ^e   Hink, Ulrich ^f   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^g   Ouarrak, Taoufik ^h   Möllmann, Helge ⁱ   Nickenig, Georg ^j   Senges, Jochen ^h   Franzen, Olaf ^k   Sievert, Horst ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Heart Center Siegburg   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^g DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Complications; Learning curve; MitraClip ; Procedural success; Transcatheter mitral valve repair

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931390520     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-014-0734-y     Document Type: Article

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