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MitraClip Procedure Repairs One Heart Structurally, Another Emotionally

by Traci Bratton

July 30, 2014
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“MitraClip therapy is a groundbreaking treatment for mitral regurgitation, which is the most common type of heart valve insufficiency,” said Oluseun Alli, M.D., director of the structural heart program in the UAB School of Medicine Section of Interventional Cardiology. “This device is currently the only minimally invasive treatment we have for these high-risk patients, and it is the only device that has been effective in treating severe mitral regurgitation apart from open surgical repair or replacement.

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