RT Book, Section A1 Arsalan, Mani A1 DiMaio, J. Michael A1 Mack, Michael A2 Cohn, Lawrence H. A2 Adams, David H. SR Print(0) ID 1144165493 T1 Percutaneous Catheter-based Mitral Valve Repair T2 Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 5e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071844871 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144165493 RD 2024/11/14 AB Mitral valve repair (MVR) remains the standard of care for patients with severe valve incompetence. MVR is usually accomplished by either an open surgical (sternotomy) approach or by minimally invasive (right lateral minithoracotomy) access techniques. Recently there has been an intense interest in developing percutaneous catheter-based techniques, especially for high-risk patients.1-4