Mitral Valve Clip Procedure

Mitral Clip a simple procedure to fix your mitral valve. During the procedure, doctors access the mitral valve with a thin tube (called a catheter) that is guided through a vein in your leg to reach your heart. A small implanted clip is attached to your mitral valve to help it close more completely. This helps to restore normal blood flow through your heart.

Mitral Clip is a simple procedure to fix your mitral valve. During the procedure, doctors access the mitral valve with a thin tube (called a catheter) that is guided through a vein in your leg to reach your heart. A small implanted clip is attached to your mitral valve to help it close more completely.

Patients with mitral valve disease who are not healthy enough to have surgery can benefit from MitraClip. (Image courtesy of Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, Calif., USA.) Mitral valve disease is often characterized by mitral regurgitation (MR) – the leaking of blood and disruption of flow through the heart valve.

Mitral regurgitation is a disorder in which the mitral valve on the left side of the heart does not close properly. Regurgitation means leaking from a valve that does not close all the way.

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