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Recovery Diary The clip is in. What happens over the next twelve months? Written by Dr. A. B. Gopalamurugan, Interventional Cardiologist · 6 min read After a MitraClip procedure, most families ask the same thing: what now? When can Appa walk, travel, and get back to normal life? This is a typical picture of the […]
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Myths vs Facts Your report says “severe MR” and “weak heart”. Which one is really the problem? Written by Dr. A. B. Gopalamurugan, Interventional Cardiologist · 6 min read Many people with heart failure are told they also have a leaking mitral valve. It is natural to assume that the valve caused the weakness. Often, […]
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The Mitral Valve Guide Surgery or a clip? Why the right answer starts with how your valve is leaking. Written by Dr. A. B. Gopalamurugan, Interventional Cardiologist · 8 min read You’ve been told your mitral valve is leaking badly. One person says “surgery”. Another mentions a clip that goes in without opening the chest. […]
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PASCAL vs MitraClip explained: how the two TEER devices for mitral regurgitation differ and how the right one is chosen, by Dr A B Gopalamurugan, pioneer of transcatheter valve therapy in India.
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How severe tricuspid regurgitation is treated in India: tricuspid surgery, T-TEER and TTVR compared, by Dr A B Gopalamurugan, who performed India’s first transcatheter tricuspid valve implantation.
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TMVR vs MitraClip explained: when a leaking mitral valve should be repaired with TEER and when it should be replaced, by Dr A B Gopalamurugan, pioneer of transcatheter mitral therapy in India.
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MitraClip and Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) are catheter-based treatments used to reduce severe mitral regurgitation in carefully selected patients without conventional open-heart mitral valve surgery. In India, Dr. A. B. Gopalamurugan works extensively in advanced structural heart interventions, including transcatheter mitral valve therapies, MitraClip, TEER, TMVR and treatment of complex heart valve disease. His professional […]
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Heart transplantation can give patients with advanced heart failure a new lease on life. But even years after a successful transplant, the transplanted heart can develop new and complex cardiac problems that require highly specialised treatment. In an important structural-heart milestone, Dr. A. B. Gopalamurugan and the Heart Team successfully performed a Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair […]
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A 35-year-old heart transplant recipient with severe mitral valve leakage underwent a challenging two-clip repair, with encouraging improvement reported at follow-up. According to Dr. A B Gopalamurugan, this represents India’s first MitraClip procedure performed after cardiac transplantation. For a patient who had lived well for around two decades after a heart transplant, the return of […]
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For many patients, the words “your heart function is very poor” feel frightening. They may think treatment options are limited. Some are told they are “high-risk.” Some are afraid of angioplasty, pacemakers, rhythm procedures, or any heart intervention because they believe their heart may not tolerate it. But modern cardiology has changed the way we […]
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October 11, 2026
Life After MitraClip: Your First Year, Stage by Stage
October 8, 2026
Heart Failure and a Leaking Mitral Valve: 6 Myths About Secondary MR
October 5, 2026
Mitral Valve Surgery in India: When Is Surgery Best, and When Is TEER Better?
October 2, 2026
PASCAL vs MitraClip in India: Which TEER Device Suits Your Mitral Valve?
October 2, 2026
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Treatment in India: Surgery, T-TEER or TTVR?
October 2, 2026
TMVR vs MitraClip in India: Repair or Replace the Mitral Valve?