Surgeon Q&A: Why Is Mitral Valve Repair Surgery the "Gold Standard" for Mitral Regurgitation?

www.Heart-Valve-Surgery.com - Now, more than ever, patients with mitral valve disease have different types of treatment options available to them. That said, patients may be confused about which mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement therapy is best for them.
In this video, Dr. Joanna Chikwe, the Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, addresses (i) the different forms of surgical and transcatheter mitral valve therapies for mitral regurgitation and (ii) why Dr. Chikwe believes that surgical mitral valve repair is the "gold standard" for treating leaky mitral valves.
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