. Echocardiographic criteria for percutaneous mitral valve repair included:
• MR originating from the central two-thirds of the line of
leaflet coaptation
• flail segment width of 15 mm or a flail gap of 10 mm
• mitral valve orifice area > 4 cm2
• coaptation length > 2 mm and coaptation depth < 11 mm
• mobile leaflet length > 1 cm
• absence of leaflet or excessive annular calcification.