Cardioband, a transcatheter surgical-like direct mitral valve annuloplasty system: early results of the feasibility trial

• Published in: European heart journal Vol. 37; no. 10; pp. 817 - 825
• Main Authors: Maisano, Francesco, Taramasso, Maurizio, Nickenig, Georg, Hammerstingl, Christoph, Vahanian, Alec, Messika-Zeitoun, David, Baldus, Stephan, Huntgeburth, Michael, Alfieri, Ottavio, Colombo, Antonio, La Canna, Giovanni, Agricola, Eustachio, Zuber, Michel, Tanner, Felix C., Topilsky, Yan, Kreidel, Felix, Kuck, Karl-Heinz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 07.03.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Cardiac Catheterization - methods; Cardiac Catheterization - mortality; Feasibility Studies; Female; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Intraoperative Care; Male; Mitral Valve Annuloplasty - methods; Mitral Valve Annuloplasty - mortality; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - mortality; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Patient Safety; Prospective Studies; Prosthesis Design; Treatment Outcome; Transcatheter mitral repair; Direct annuloplasty; Secondary mitral regurgitation

Cardioband system is a direct annuloplasty adjustable device that is implanted in the beating heart on the posterior annulus under fluoroscopic and transoesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) guidance. We report the early (1 month) outcomes of the first-in-man pre-CE-mark feasibility and safety trial....