@article{article_611410, title={EVALUATION OF MID-TERM CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES OF ALFIERI (EDGE-TO-EDGE) MITRAL VALVE REPAIR}, journal={Duzce Medical Journal}, volume={16}, pages={6–10}, year={2014}, author={Bollukçu, Ahmet and Çiloğlu, Ufuk and Alibeyoğlu, Şebnem and Dağsalı, Sabri and İlkeli, Ekin}, keywords={mitral regurgitation,mitral repair,Alfieri,valvular heart disease}, abstract={Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate mid-term clinical and echocardiographic outcomesof the Alfieri edge-to-edge repair performed on patients with moderate to severe mitralregurgitation (MR).Methods: Thirty patients (mean age, 61.2±11.2 years; 18 males) with moderate to severe MRof different etiologies and a pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) of >40 mmHg who underwent aAlfieri repair between 2005 and 2011 were included. All patients were selected and followed bythe same surgical team and cardiologist. The Alfieri edge-to-edge repair with ring annuloplastywas performed. The patients were postoperatively evaluated in terms of degree of MR, functionalcapacity according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification, PAP, left atrialdiameter (LAD), atrial fibrillation, ejection fraction (EF), risk of functional mitral stenosis,etiological factors, and mortality.Results: Postoperative NYHA class, MR and LAD values of the study patients were significantlybetter as compared to the preoperative values (p}, number={2}, publisher={Duzce University}