Our multidisciplinary cardiovascular team collaborates on mitral valve repair, transcatheter technologies, mitral valve replacement, and follow-up treatment so patients can get all their care for ...

The mitral valve is inside a person’s heart. A person with mitral valve disease may require mitral valve repair surgery as a treatment. A person’s heart contains four chambers. The two upper chambers ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after starting the surgery?

Almost 20 years’ worth of follow-up in an international registry shows that patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation who underwent mitral valve (MV) repair had better survival, fewer ...

What Happens During Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery? Minimally invasive heart valve surgery is a type of surgery performed through smaller incisions. This type of surgery reduces blood loss, ...

The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace a malfunctioning heart valve to prevent the development of life-threatening conditions. Valves are one-way gates in the heart that keep blood ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Corewell Health is being nationally recognized for excellence in heart valve repair. The hospital in Grand Rapids was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award. It ...

When a heart valve is damaged or doesn’t close properly, it can cause what’s known as a “leaky valve.” Depending on the severity of the leaky valve, there are several different treatment options, ...