In the RESHAPE-HF2 trial (NCT02444338) on which Butler is an investigator, adding mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) to medical therapy for moderate to severe functional mitral ...

The team of researchers tracked 251 ischemic mitral regurgitation patients following implantation of either a repair or replacement device. After two years, they were evaluated for occurrence of ...

Patients in a study with heart failure who identified as having mitral regurgitation saw a doubling of creatinine. Of the 600 patients in the study, 71 had moderate or severe mitral regurgitation.

Almost 20 years’ worth of follow-up in an international registry shows that patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation who underwent mitral valve (MV) repair had better survival, fewer ...

reduced cardiovascular death and heart failure (HF)-related hospitalizations with improved health status in patients with HF and moderate to severe functional mitral regurgitation (FMR), according ...