European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on June 10, 2009
European Heart Journal 2009 30(18):2225; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp236
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Real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography showing sequential events of the percutaneous mitral clip procedure
Department of Cardiologia, Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, Lugano 6900, Switzerland
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A surgical technique, called edge-to-edge technique or Alfieri's stitch, approximating the middle scallops of the mitral leaflets to create a double orifice with improved