Breakthrough MitraClip Procedure Repairs One Heart Structurally, Another Emotionally

Bill York recently became among the first patients in Alabama and the United States to receive a MitraClip device in a breakthrough, new minimally invasive treatment option used to aid patients suffering from mitral regurgitation. Oluseun Alli, MD, director of the Structural Heart Program in the UAB School of Medicine Section of Interventional Cardiology, and Massoud Leesar, MD, professor of medicine and section chief of Interventional Cardiology, performed the procedure on June 24.