Numerical Simulations of MitraClip Placement: Clinical Implications

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 15823 - 7
• Main Authors: Kamakoti, Ramji, Dabiri, Yaghoub, Wang, Dee Dee, Guccione, Julius, Kassab, Ghassan S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/166/985; 692/4019/2773; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blood flow; Cardiovascular diseases; Catheters; Computer applications; Coronary artery disease; Etiology; Female; Fluid-structure interaction; Geographical variations; Geriatrics; Heart diseases; Heart surgery; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Hydrodynamics; Male; Mitral valve; Mitral Valve - physiopathology; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - physiopathology; Mitral Valve Insufficiency - therapy; multidisciplinary; Older people; Patients; Regurgitation; Rheumatic heart disease; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Surgical Instruments - adverse effects; Transplants & implants

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common type of valvular heart disease in patients over the age of 75 in the US. Despite the prevalence of mitral regurgitation in the elderly population, however, almost half of patients identified with moderate-severe MR are turned down for traditional open hea...