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 ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...

1 Department of Cardiac Macrovascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China 2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dazhou Dachuan District People’s ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

When a heart valve is damaged or doesn’t close properly, it can cause what’s known as a “leaky valve.” Depending on the severity of the leaky valve, there are several different treatment options, ...

1 National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2 Hangzhou Valgen Medtech Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China Mitral regurgitation ...