Some plumbing problems definitely call for pro-grade expertise, but fixing a water shut-off valve leak isn’t one of them. Here, we aren’t talking about leaking from the connection between the valve ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The valves in your heart keep the blood flowing in only one direction. When a heart valve isn’t working, the blood flows in the wrong direction, making your heart work harder and reducing blood flow ...

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?

Presta valves are the standard and have been around for a LONG time, and there are many issues with this system that many ...