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The rate of hospitalization from heart failure before and after transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) decreases 73% (per patient year) in patients at prohibitive surgical risk.
Lim D, Reynolds M, Feldman T, Kar S, et al. Improved Functional Status and Quality of Life in Prohibitive Surgical Risk Patients with Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014; 64(2). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24184254