Selecting the ventricular access site on the basis of mitral valve anatomy improves the outcomes for a subgroup of patients undergoing the transapical echocardiographically guided NeoChord (NeoChord, Inc, St. Louis Park, MN) repair procedure to correct mitral regurgitation and who have a leaflet-to-annulus index lower than the recommended efficacy threshold of 1.25.
Andrea Colli, Eleonora Bizzotto, Erica Manzan, Laura Besola, Nicola Pradegan, Roberto Bellu, Demetrio Pittarello, and Gino Gerosa.
Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. Electronic address: colli.andrea.bc@gmail.com.
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2017 Aug 1; 104 (2): e199-e202.