Heart Valve Surgery

Treatment in Minnesota

All heart valve surgical options described in these pages are available at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Read more about the surgical process.

The cardiac surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota are world-renowned surgeons with decades of experience and unparalleled success in heart valve repair and replacement. Each year, Mayo Clinic cardiac surgeons repair nearly 500 heart valves and replace more than 900, making Mayo's Rochester campus one of the most experienced medical centers for valve repair. Mayo Clinic surgeons have experience with extremely difficult repairs and have developed innovative surgical techniques, including minimally invasive heart surgery.

Heart Valve Disease Clinic

Mayo Clinic Rochester's Heart Valve Disease Clinic offers patients a state-of-the-art examination and evaluation. The clinic is staffed by nationally recognized cardiologists with a subspecialty expertise in the evaluation and treatment of heart valve problems and the complications that may accompany the disorder.

The Heart Valve Disease Clinic uses the Mayo Clinic multispecialty team approach that emphasizes communication and coordination among a patient's clinical cardiologist, heart rhythm specialists (electrophysiologists), cardiac surgeons, and cardiologists in the Clinic's catheterization, echocardiographic, and nuclear laboratories. All currently accepted treatments for patients with heart valve disease are available at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, as well as newer investigational therapies.

The Heart Valve Disease Clinic staff has extensive experience and provides expert care for patients who have stenosis, regurgitation or trauma in any of the heart's valves.

Treatment Team

This disease is treated by specialists in Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Appointments

To make a cardiovascular surgery appointment or for answers to questions related to surgery, call:

(507) 255-2000

Online appointment requests

For appointments or more information, call Cardiovascular Diseases at (507) 284-3994 or Cardiovascular Surgery at (507) 255-2000 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday, or complete an online appointment request form. No physician referral is necessary.

Online appointment requests

Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular Surgery

Anyone who wants to see a cardiovascular surgeon in Rochester may call directly for an appointment. A physician referral is not required. Most patients are first evaluated as outpatients. Appointments with other specialists can be arranged through cardiovascular surgery as needed.

Surgery, if needed, is scheduled as promptly as possible. The surgeons are sensitive to the inconvenience of staying for lengthy times away from home and are committed to meeting each patient's needs to the greatest extent possible.