mitral valve clip device removed via catheter (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

mitral valve clip device removed via catheter

Caption

A patient's mitral-valve clip device, at right, was snared and pulled into the basked, then removed via catheter. The torch-shaped tissue atop the clip is part of a mitral-valve leaflet. The patient was subsequently implanted with a biologic replacement valve.

Credit

Courtesy of Dr. James McCabe / UW Medicine Heart Institute

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