Research

Mayo Clinic cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and other healthcare professionals study new ways to do heart valve repair and heart valve replacement. Topics of research have included:

  • Catheter treatments for heart valve repair and replacement.
  • Minimally invasive heart valve surgery.
  • New treatments for heart valve disease.
  • The use of 3D printing to make models of the heart and valves to prepare for heart valve surgery.

Learn more about research in the Cardiovascular Research Center.

Publications

See a list of publications about heart valve surgery by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.