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A Simplified Stepwise Approach to Echo Guidance during Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
Published on: October 16, 2021
Outpatient Guidance and 1-Year Physical Function After Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: An Exploratory
Yuri Kamijo1, Yoshifumi Abe1,2, Shiori Mori1
1Department of Rehabilitation, Mitsui Memorial Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Background:
Evidence for structured post-discharge programs to improve long-term physical function and activities of daily living (ADL) after transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair is limited.
Methods And Results:
In a single-center cohort, patients receiving outpatient guidance at 3 and 6 months (n=34) were compared with those receiving none (n=11). At 1 year, the guidance group had higher SPPB (12 vs. 8, P=0.034), higher Barthel Index (100 vs. 95, P=0.008), and shorter 5-STS time (8.1 vs. 14.5 s, P=0.002).
Conclusions:
Guidance was associated with better 1-year function/ADL, but findings are hypothesis-generating.
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