TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Interventional Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation A1 - Yanavitski, Marat A1 - Kapadia, Samir A2 - Baliga, R. R. A2 - Lilly, Scott M. A2 - Abraham, William T. PY - 2018 T2 - Color Atlas and Synopsis of Interventional Cardiology AB - Chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) is a common condition that, if left untreated, results in progressive heart failure, left ventricular (LV) cavity dilation and systolic dysfunction, left atrial enlargement, atrial fibrillation, and pulmonary hypertension. Although medical therapy may provide some symptomatic relief and is used to manage underlying ischemic heart disease and heart failure in patients with MR, it has not been shown to provide benefit in prevention of development of heart failure.1 The current mainstay of therapy, surgical correction with mitral valve repair or replacement, is unavailable in approximately 50% of patients with severe MR due to the invasive nature of open-heart surgery and frequent presence of comorbidities in this group.2 Consequently, percutaneous technologies, with the potential benefit of decreased morbidity, improved recovery time, and shorter hospital stay, provide an exciting treatment option for this patient population. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160207196 ER -