Mitral valve regurgitation

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Mitral valve regurgitation care at Mayo Clinic

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At Mayo Clinic, cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and other specialists work together to provide you with coordinated, comprehensive care. You're not getting just one opinion — you benefit from the knowledge and experience of each specialist on the multidisciplinary team. This collaborative approach means Mayo health care professionals can often evaluate you and develop an individualized treatment plan within 2 to 3 days.

  • Individualized care. Mayo Clinic provides care for you as a whole person. Your health care team takes the time to get to know you and works with you to provide exactly the care you need.
  • Pediatric heart care. Pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons in the Center for Congenital Heart Disease at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota provide comprehensive care for children with heart valve disease and other congenital heart conditions.
  • Mayo Clinic has state-of-the-art research and laboratory facilities. Mayo Clinic mitral valve surgeons and doctors use advanced technology and imaging tests to help accurately diagnose mitral valve disease and determine which areas of the mitral valve may need repair.

    The echocardiography laboratories at Mayo Clinic have advanced 3D technology that gives a more detailed look at the heart valves than does conventional 2D imaging.

  • Innovative treatment. Mayo Clinic cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons perform mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement to treat some types of mitral valve disease. Surgeons do mitral valve repair when possible, as it saves the valve and may preserve heart function. If a valve can't be repaired, the surgeon may recommend mitral valve replacement.

    Mayo cardiovascular surgeons may perform minimally invasive heart surgery, including robot-assisted heart surgery, to repair a mitral valve. Such surgery involves the use of smaller incisions than those used in open-heart surgery.

    Mayo cardiologists may use less-invasive catheter procedures in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory to treat mitral valve disease, including mitral valve regurgitation. Treatment may involve the use of clips or plugs to repair mitral valves. Doctors also may use a transcatheter procedure to insert a replacement valve into an existing biological tissue replacement valve that's no longer working.

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