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  • Title: MitraClip®: Two Weeks after Implantation.
    Author: Velu JF, de Boer HH, Bouma BJ, Baan J.
    Journal: J Heart Valve Dis; 2016 May; 25(3):320-322. PubMed ID: 27989042.
    Abstract:
    A 73-year-old male received a percutaneous mitral valve repair with a MitraClip to treat severe (grade IV) symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR). The MitraClip® procedure reduced the MR to grade I, but the patient died 14 days post-procedurally due to a pneumosepsis. Histological analysis of the MitraClip mesh covering showed a chronic inflammatory reaction with an abundance of multinucleated giant cells. Remarkably, signs of early onset clip-coverage were found, indicated by the presence of a few scattered myofibroblasts.
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