Mended Hearts Open Forum

I'm not too familiar with referral centers in NH. Not sure if there are any there. If you can get to New York, you can see Dr. David Adams at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is a well-known Mitral Repair surgeon who does many of these. https://www.mitralvalverepair.org/ ...

Oh, thanks for all this info. Where do I find a referral center?

I had my MVR at Cleveland clinic. Mayo and others do these as well. it doesn't need to be robotic but there are some nice advantages since its less invasive. Robotic is more commonly done now than when I had mine done. In general, you will want to ...

Thanks for all your info Ed, much appreciated. Where did you have robotic surgery done?

I had severe regurgitation when I was 62 and had my mitral valve repaired several months later at 63. I was in heart failure due to the severe regurgitation. That was 11-years ago and I've been doing just fine and still am very active with exercise ...