COAPT 5-Year Results 'Remarkable' but Selection Issues Remain
MitraClip's success persisted throughout long-term follow-up in the trial, which entered patients with severe MR secondary to heart failure.
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MitraClip's success persisted throughout long-term follow-up in the trial, which entered patients with severe MR secondary to heart failure.
In stent placement for complex coronary lesions, intravascular imaging reduces events relative to angiography.
It was just as prevalent but with better outcomes as transcatheter mitral-valve repair emerged to take on high-risk cases. But more than just a shift in case mix seems responsible, researchers say.
Compared with conventional approaches, hybrid coronary revascularization produced satisfactory outcomes for patients with multivessel heart disease, long-term follow-up shows.