Can Elderly Patients with Severe Mitral Regurgitation Benefit from Trans-catheter Mitral Valve Repair?

22) In the transcatheter mitral valve interventions (TRAMI) registry, pre-procedural 6MWT distance <200 meters showed a strong trend towards increased 1-year mortality in patients underwent MitraClip procedure. 23) Given the Asian patients are reluctant to undergo open-heart surgery and the observed mortality is higher than the surgical risk prediction model, 24) 25) there is an unmet need to ameliorate the disease awareness and the therapeutic adherence in Asians.

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