New mitral clip offers a way out for elderly heart patients

Four senior citizens, who were declared high risk for heart surgery, were treated for their condition and are now carrying on with their daily activities.

The patients were treated at Apollo Hospitals using minimally invasive procedures. The hospital’s senior interventional cardiologist Sai Satish said the patients suffered from malfunction of their mitral valve. The valve monitors the flow of blood from the left atrium to the ventricle. Sometimes, the valve does not close properly, resulting in the blood not reaching the ventricle. Instead, it is pumped into the lungs. When this happens, people get choked and cannot even walk.