Planning mitral valve repair with cardiac images
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study tests a new way to plan a less-invasive mitral valve repair procedure. It uses images from your echocardiogram (a heart ultrasound) to help doctors decide if you're a good candidate for a clip that fixes the leaking valve. It only includes people with significant mitral valve leakage who don't have other major heart valve problems.
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Who can take part
- You must be 18 to 90 years old.
- You must have moderate to severe or severe mitral valve leakage (mitral regurgitation) confirmed by an echocardiogram.
- You cannot have moderate or severe aortic valve narrowing or leakage, or a replaced aortic valve.
- You cannot have a heart defect you were born with.
- Your heart ultrasound images must be clear enough for doctors to see the mitral valve well.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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