Percutaneous Treatment of Severe Acute Mitral Regurgitation Early After Myocardial Infarction and a Short Review of the Literature.

Abstract

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair treatment is mainly used for patients with chronic heart failure concomitant severe mitral regurgitation. However, utilization of this system in the acute seting of myocardial infarction is still limited. In this case report authors aimed to show the effectiveness of the percutaneous treatment for severe acute mitral regurgitation early after myocardial infarction.