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![Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation <i>vs. </i>reoperative mitral valve surgery for failing surgical prosthesis](https://image.oaes.cc/2a38d4b8-0192-4911-ba3b-b6d79b686ad1/4207.fig.3.jpg)
Figure 3. Transcatheter or redo surgery. The choice between a transcatheter approach and a surgical approach cannot preclude the evaluation of the first surgery, the cause of the failure of a previous repair or the presence of a degeneration of mitral valve prosthesis. STS: Society of Thoracic Surgeons; NYHA: New York Heart Association; TMViR: transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring; TMViV: transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve.