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Introduction Mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the most common valvular pathologies affecting around 2% of the Western population, and is classified into primary and secondary causes.1,2 Primary causes involve degenerative changes due to ageing and/or mitral valve prolapse. Secondary causes are described as functional and are commonly caused by annular enlargement secondary to structural changes of the left ventricle and left atrium.3 Case presentation Figure 1. Pre-transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER) shows severe mitral regurgitatiom (MR) due to flail posterior mitral valve (MV) leaflet (P2) A previously fit and healthy 6