Table 4. Recommendations for “preferred” device selection in PMR and SMR with respect to anatomical features.
| Anatomical features | NT | XT | NTW | XTW | PASCAL | PASCAL ACE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Length of the mobile leaflet in the grasping zone |
<9 mm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| >9 mm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Broad gap size | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Small MVA (<4.5 cm2) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Thin leaflet structure | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Commissural jet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Barlow’s disease | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| MVA: mitral valve area; PMR: primary mitral regurgitation; SMR: secondary mitral regurgitation | |||||||