I'm with Dr. Peter Block and we're talking about various approaches to percutaneous mitral valve repair. Peter ... it's comparable to the Alfieri stitch, correct? Dr. Block: That is correct.

The Alfieri stitch (a.k.a. "Bow-Tie Procedure or edge-to-edge mitral valve repair) is a surgical technique used to treat severe mitral regurgitation during which a suture was placed between the A2 ...

The Duke team performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, a type of partial heart transplant, which Duke ...

The Alfieri stitch is a surgical technique during which a suture was placed between the A2 and P2 segments of the mitral valve. This resulted in two mitral valve orifices. It was shown to ...