Ventilation manoeuvres facilitate MitraClip placement

To the Editor It was with great interest that we read the article by Borgia et al 1 on their experience with an adenosine-induced asystole to facilitate the grasping of the mitral valve leaflets during a MitraClip procedure. We would like to comment on our experience with an adenosine-induced asystole and describe an alternative method using ventilation manoeuvres to ease the grasping of the mitral valve …