PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Amar Krishnaswamy
AU  - Stephanie Mick
AU  - Jose Navia
AU  - A. Marc Gillinov
AU  - E. Murat Tuzcu
AU  - Samir R. Kapadia
TI  - Transcatheter mitral valve replacement: A frontier in cardiac intervention
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.83.s2.02
DP  - 2016 Nov 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - S10--S17
VI  - 83
IP  - 11 suppl 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/11_suppl_2/S10.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/11_suppl_2/S10.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2016 Nov 01; 83
AB  - As transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become routine, device manufacturers and investigational cardiologists have set their sights on the mitral valve. Although transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) poses several technical challenges, they appear to be surmountable, and work is proceeding. Here we review the various devices being developed and preliminary results of trials in humans.