Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands Surgical mitral valve repair through median sternotomy has long presented the treatment of choice 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 ...

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 ...

Bicuspid aortic valve is the most common form of congenital heart disease. It is associated with both valvular pathology and aortic disease. Aortic regurgitation caused by a bicuspid aortic valve can ...

Background— Reconstruction of the aortic valve for aortic regurgitation (AR) remains challenging, in part because of not only cusp or root pathology but also a combination of both can be responsible ...

Correspondence to: Dr Brad Munt St Paul’s Hospital, 2350-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6; bmunt{at}providencehealth.bc.ca Valvular heart disease is a significant cause ...

What is heart valve repair or replacement surgery? The heart is a pump made of muscle tissue. It has 4 pumping chambers: 2 upper chambers, called atria, and 2 lower chambers, called ventricles. Valves ...

Your heart valves help control the direction of your blood flow. If one or more of your heart valves is not working properly it can put extra strain on your heart. If this happens you may need surgery ...