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Diagram comparing surgical Alfieri stitch and M-TEER mitral valve repair.

Diagram comparing surgical Alfieri stitch and M-TEER mitral valve repair.

Schematic comparison of the surgical Alfieri stitch (left), which approximates the anterior and posterior mitral leaflets with a central suture, and mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) using a clip-like device (right) to achieve a similar double-orifice valve configuration. See more