ESC Congress 2018: MITRA-FR Finds No Benefit Of MitraClip In Severe Secondary MR
Executive Summary
Patients with severe secondary mitral regurgitation treated with MitraClip and medical therapy have the same rate of death or unplanned hospitalization for heart failure at one year as patients treated with medical therapy alone, results of MITRA-FR show. Abbott, as well as other companies developing transcatheter mitral-repair technology, will now look to the COAPT trial to establish MitraClip's benefits on clinical outcomes.
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