Edge-to-edge repair: will it still be mainstream repair therapy in 2030?

摘要

We are only just beginning to address the large number of patients with significant mitral regurgitation (MR), despite guidelines recommending operative repair in our asymptomatic patients with primary MR, and the limitations of medical therapy for secondary MR. Using history as a guide, less invasive therapies, including nonsurgical approaches, will be rapidly adopted once there is some evidence of similar mortality and MR reduction compared to gold standard open surgery.