The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
INTERVENTIONS FOR STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
The MITRA-FR study: design and rationale of a randomised study of percutaneous mitral valve repair compared with optimal medical management alone for severe secondary mitral regurgitation
1. Service de Chirurgie Cardiothoracique et Transplantation, Hôpital Cardiothoracique Louis Pradel, Lyon-Bron, France; 2. INSERM, U 886 “Cardioprotection”, Laboratoire de Physiologie Lyon Nord, UCBL1, Lyon, France; 3. Hospices Civils de Lyon, DRCI, Cellul
Aims: Percutaneous mitral valve repair (pMVR) is anew therapeutic option for mitral valve regurgitation. Positive preliminary results in non-randomised studies h