Edge-to-Edge Mitral Repair From a Surgical to a Percutaneous Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Alfieri, Ottavio (Editor), De Bonis, Michele (Editor), La Canna, Giovanni (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Ultrasound.

This is the first comprehensive review of the edge-to-edge technique for mitral repair, which was introduced into the surgical armamentarium in 1991 by one of the authors, Ottavio Alfieri. The surgical technique employed in edge-to-edge repair today provides the basis for the only reliable method of...