Background—To allow performance of “stand-alone” mitral annuloplasty with minimal
invasiveness, percutaneous techniques consisting of delivery into the coronary sinus (CS) of …

OBJECTIVE: We assessed the anatomic relationships among the mitral annulus, coronary
sinus, and circumflex artery in human cadaver hearts. METHODS: Percutaneous posterior …

Background—Percutaneous mitral annuloplasty has been proposed as an alternative to
surgical annuloplasty. In this respect, evaluation of the coronary sinus (CS) and its relation …

Background—Mitral annuloplasty is the most common surgical procedure performed for
ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR). Surgical mitral annuloplasty is limited by morbidity …

Objectives: We sought to determine the in vivo anatomical relationships between mitral
annulus (MA) and coronary sinus (CS) as well as CS and left circumflex coronary artery …

Background—We assessed the safety and feasibility of permanent implantation of a novel
coronary sinus mitral repair device (PTMA, Viacor Inc). Methods and Results—Symptomatic …

Annuloplasty is the cornerstone of surgical mitral valve repair. A percutaneous transvenous
catheter‐based approach for mitral valve repair was tested by placing a novel annuloplasty …

Objective: This study evaluated human feasibility and acute efficacy of a novel percutaneous
transvenous mitral annuloplasty (PTMA™) device (Viacor) placed temporarily in the …

Aims Cardioband system is a direct annuloplasty adjustable device that is implanted in the
beating heart on the posterior annulus under fluoroscopic and transoesophageal …

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate the technical feasibility and performance
of a transcatheter mitral annuloplasty system. METHODS Adult swines (n= 15) underwent …