Sridhar R Musuku, Mohammed Mustafa, Mythili Pulavarthi, Isha Doshi, Yikun Zhang, Skylar Luu, Ali Naqvi, Imran Sunesara, Tanya Richvalsky, Dmitriy Yukhvid, Divya Cherukupalli, Augustine DeLago, Mikhail Torosoff, Alexander D Shapeton
OBJECTIVE: The study authors sought to compare outcomes in patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation (MR) undergoing urgent, as compared to elective, mitral valve repair employing MitraClip. They hypothesized that, compared to elective cases, MitraClip procedures performed for urgent indications would be associated with increased intraoperative and postoperative complications but have similar long-term outcomes. DESIGN: A retrospective chart review with 3:1 propensity score matching of elective-to-urgent cases...
May 2022: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia