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Heart valve treatment

Heart valve treatment involves both catheter-based and open surgery procedures, where both types of surgery are aimed at re-establishing normal heart valve function. There are a number of different procedures available, and their selection has to be guided by the requirements of the individual patient.

Catheter-based procedures

Catheter-based heart valve procedures

Some types of heart valve disease can be treated with modern catheter-based procedures, which are much gentler on the patient.

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MitraClip procedure

Severe forms of mitral valve regurgitation, i.e. leaky mitral valves, are treated using open heart surgery.

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TAVI

TAVI stands for transcatheter aortic valve implantation, a minimally-invasive catheter-based procedure that is used for the implantation of prosthetic tissue valves.

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Open surgery procedures for heart valve disease

Open surgery procedures for heart valve disease

Once the heart valves have been damaged, they often need to be repaired or replaced in order to ensure the patient's quality of life is preserved, and heart failure prevented.

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Aortic valve reconstruction

The purpose of aortic valve reconstruction is to repair the patient's own aortic valve in such a way as to restore it to its full function.

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Mitral valve reconstruction

The term mitral valve reconstruction refers to surgical repair that preserves the patient's native valve, as well as restoring its function.

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Conventional heart valve replacement surgery

Conventional heart valve replacement surgery is performed on the open heart, and uses cardiopulmonary bypass (a heart-lung machine). The patient's heart valve is replaced with either a mechanical or a tissue valve.

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Minimally-invasive aortic valve replacement surgery

Minimally-invasive aortic valve replacement is performed using keyhole surgery. The prosthetic valve is implanted using either a catheter-based procedure, with access via the femoral artery, or via a direct access route through the tip of the heart.

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