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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2026

Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Non-Surgical Candidates with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Clip It, or Ablate It?

Emmanouil Chourdakis, Kambis Mashayekhi, Ulrich Schäfer, Christos Katsouras

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Emmanouil ChourdakisInternal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Lahr, 77933 Lahr, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5859-7944
Kambis MashayekhiInternal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Lahr, 77933 Lahr, Germany.
Ulrich SchäferFirst Department of Cardiology, Faculty Heart and Vascular Centre, 29549 Bad Bevensen, Germany.
Christos KatsourasFirst Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7638-9217

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Abstract

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), with or without obstructive phenomena, remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. This condition often involves pathological changes in the mitral valve leaflets and apparatus, which can lead to relevant mitral regurgitation (MR). The mechanism of MR is mostly related to the systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the anterior mitral leaflet. The treatment of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) with persistent symptoms despite optimal pharmacological therapy includes septal myectomy or transcoronary ablation of septal hypertrophy (TASH). Percutaneous edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve represents an innovative alternative therapy with promising results regarding clinical symptoms and echocardiographic findings. In this article, we provide a concise, critical overview of the current evidence on this technique in HOCM and delineate future perspectives and unresolved issues.

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hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathymitral regurgitationM-TEERTASH

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PMCPMC13300888

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