Abstract
A 73-year-old male received a percutaneous mitral valve repair with a MitraClip to treat severe (grade IV) symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR). The MitraClip® procedure reduced the MR to grade I, but the patient died 14 days post-procedurally due to a pneumosepsis. Histological analysis of the MitraClip mesh covering showed a chronic inflammatory reaction with an abundance of multinucleated giant cells. Remarkably, signs of early onset clip-coverage were found, indicated by the presence of a few scattered myofibroblasts
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 320-322 |
| Journal | Journal of heart valve disease |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |