Mitral Valve Disease

Treatment in Minnesota

Heart surgeons at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester repair or replace an average of 450 mitral valves each year, one of the largest volumes of any medical center in the world. Surgeons also offer 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.

Treatment Team

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

Appointments

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.

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