Hospitalizations in Symptomatic Patients with Heart Failure and Moderate to Severe Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Insights from RESHAPE-HF2

In this episode, Dr. Valentin Fuster delves into the latest research surrounding the use of the mitral clip for patients with severe functional mitral regurgitation, comparing the results of three major trials: the French MITRA-FR trial, the American COAPT trial, and the Reshape HF 2 trial. While the COAPT and Reshape HF 2 trials show positive outcomes, especially in reducing hospitalizations and improving heart failure symptoms, the French trial saw no benefit, prompting debate over the influence of left ventricular volume and disease severity on treatment success, with expert opinions calling for further studies and individualized meta-analyses.

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Each week, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC, records free podcasts highlighting journal findings. To keep clinicians updated on the most important science emerging in clinical and translational cardiology, Dr. Fuster provides an overview of the weekly edition from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), as well as a short summary of each manuscript. Encompassing JACC and nine cardiovascular specialty journals, the JACC family of journals rank among the top cardiovascular peer-reviewed journals in the world for scientific impact.