Arrival of TEER Has Helped Surgeons' Track Records
1 month ago | By MedPageToday
The population undergoing mitral valve surgery has changed significantly, without a reduction in case volumes, since the arrival of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair as a minimally invasive alternative.
Nationwide, there...
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TEER availability does not impact surgical repair volume but improves outcomes
1 month ago | By Healio
Access to transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation did not impact annualized surgical mitral valve repair volume, though data suggest access led to improvements in surgery outcomes and 5-year mortality rates.
“The introduction of TEER at an institution does not appear to be ‘competing' with surgical repair for volume,” Andrew M. Vekstein, MD, an integrated cardiothoracic surgery resident at Duke University Medical Center, told Healio. “Rather, the presence of transcatheter options optimizes care of patients with degenerative mitral
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