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MitraClip (mitral clip) is a medical device used to treat mitral valve regurgitation for individuals who should not have open-heart surgery. It is implanted via a tri-axial transcatheter technique and involves suturing together the anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflets.
For patients with the most common type of mitral valve disease, termed "degenerative" or "myxomatous" mitral valve disease, repair rates are very high and long term durability is excellent. [4] There has been great debate about timing of surgery in patients with asymptomatic mitral valve regurgitation.
Mitral regurgitation, also known as mitral insufficiency or mitral incompetence, is the backward flow of blood from the left ventricle, through the mitral valve, and into the left atrium, when the left ventricle contracts, resulting in a systolic murmur radiating to the left armpit.
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In Norway, about 30% of men over 60 years old have the condition, while in the United States about 5% of people are affected at some point in time. [2] In the United Kingdom, about 20% of people over 65 have some form of the disease. [6] More recent and wider studies show the highest prevalence in Africa (17 percent), Asia (15 percent). [10]
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