Comprehensive Periprocedural Transesophageal Echocardiography Is a Key to Success in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair∗

• Carla de Sousa, MD,
• Elena Surkova, MD, PhD,
• Stamatios Lerakis, MD

Affiliations

Carla de Sousa, MD

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal; Address for correspondence: Dr. Carla de Sousa, Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.

Elena Surkova, MD, PhD

Royal Brompton Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Stamatios Lerakis, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York