Influence of age, frailty and non-cardiac comorbidities on survival in patients undergoing mitral valve edge-to-edge repair – a perspective from the German health care system
Kerstin Piayda, Nabor Keweloh, Bernhard Unsöld, Samuel Sossalla, Amin Polzin, Fabian Voss, Jafer Haschemi, Marcel Giemsa, Ursula Marschall, Beata Hennig, Michael Beil, Malte Kelm, and Christian Jung · 2026
The data lacks granularity in terms of procedural success and echocardiographic assessment. Health care costs and management are bound to the German health care system and findings may not be transferrable to other jurisdictions.