TY - BOOK ID - 4865447 TI - Edge-to-Edge Mitral Repair : From a Surgical to a Percutaneous Approach AU - Alfieri, Ottavio. AU - De Bonis, Michele. AU - La Canna, Giovanni. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319198934 3319198920 9783319198927 3319198939 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Cardiac Surgery. KW - Cardiology. KW - Minimally Invasive Surgery. KW - Ultrasound. KW - Medicine. KW - Diagnosis, Ultrasonic. KW - Heart KW - Endoscopic surgery. KW - Médecine KW - Cardiologie KW - Coeur KW - Chirurgie endoscopique KW - Surgery. KW - Chirurgie KW - Surgery - General and By Type KW - Surgery & Anesthesiology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Mitral valve KW - Mitral valvotomy KW - Mitral valvulotomy KW - Radiology. KW - Cardiac surgery. KW - Minimally invasive surgery. KW - Diagnosis, Ultrasonic KW - Diagnostic sonography KW - Diagnostic ultrasonics KW - Diagnostic ultrasonography KW - Diagnostic ultrasound KW - Medical diagnostic ultrasonic imaging KW - Medical ultrasonography KW - Ultrasonic diagnosis KW - Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging KW - Ultrasonic imaging KW - Ultrasonic waves KW - Diagnostic imaging KW - Ultrasonics in medicine KW - Endosurgery KW - Minimal access surgery KW - Minimally invasive surgery KW - MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) KW - Operative endoscopy KW - Surgical endoscopy KW - Endoscopy KW - Microsurgery KW - Surgery, Operative KW - Internal medicine KW - Cardiac surgery KW - Open-heart surgery KW - Diagnostic use KW - Diseases KW - Surgery KW - Radiological physics KW - Physics KW - Radiation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4865447 AB - 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 percutaneous correction of degenerative mitral regurgitation. The book traces the evolution of the edge-to-edge technique from a surgical to a percutaneous approach, documenting indications, contraindications, technical aspects, controversies, and clinical outcomes. Detailed attention is devoted to the MitraClip procedure, which reproduces the Alfieri stitch percutaneously and has to date been used in more than 20,000 patients worldwide. The state of the art in MitraClip therapy is described, with clear explanation of when and how to use the MitraClip system. The reader will learn all aspects of percutaneous edge-to-edge repair, which is recommended for use in carefully selected patients in the new ESC/EACTS guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease and in the ESC guidelines on heart failure. The group at San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, has accumulated by far the largest experience in the world with the technique and over the years has been very active in its promotion and scientific evaluation. This book reflects that depth of knowledge and will be of great interest to cardiac surgeons and interventional and clinical cardiologists. ER -