Apollo Hospitals, Opp.iim 154/11,bannerghatta Road. Bannerghatta Road.bangalore-560076
63662 29563
MITRACLIP
The mitral valve is a one-way valve located between the heart’s two left chambers and allows blood to flow from the atrium to the ventricle. It has two leaflets, or flaps, that open and close to ensure blood flows in only one direction. When the mitral valve does not close properly, blood is allowed to leak backwards in the heart. This is called mitral regurgitation (MR).
This causes the heart to work harder to push blood through the body. Common symptoms caused because of this increased work load are fatigue, shortness of breath, coughing, an irregular heartbeat and swollen feet or ankles.
MR is a progressive disease which can eventually decrease your quality of life and result in increased difficulty performing your regular daily activities.
Depending on your current health condition, and the severity of your symptoms, your doctor may refer you to the MitraClip team for further assessment.
Patient Evaluation
Not everyone is a candidate for the MitraClip device. It is only applicable to a limited group of patients with a certain anatomy and type of mitral regurgitation. For the majority of patients with leaky mitral valves, the MitraClip is not a preferred therapy and should be treated with traditional surgical methods.
The goal of treatment is to decrease the mitral regurgitation and improve your quality of life.
The current standard of care for treating severe MR is to perform open heart surgery. This can be done by either replacing the mitral valve with an artificial valve (mitral valve replacement) or fixing your own valve (mitral valve repair). In both cases, open heart surgery is the most effective and well proven way to cure severe mitral regurgitation. However, not all patients are candidates for open heart surgery.
The MitraClip procedure is a less invasive, catheter-based treatment that is performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The MitraClip procedure is an alternative to medical treatment for people who are not eligible for open heart surgery because it is considered too high risk for them.