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Loyola’s team of heart and vascular experts provides patients with the latest treatment options for heart valve disorders. Surgeons at Loyola perform approximately 200 valve procedures annually. Depending on the disease process and condition of the valve, heart valves are either replaced or repaired.
Because there often are ties between heart valve disorders and cardiomyopathy and other diseases of the heart, Loyola’s team takes a collaborative approach for the most effective diagnosis and long-term treatment.
Heart valve surgery is performed when heart valve
regurgitation or stenosis exists. Typically, mitral
valves can be repaired, and aortic valves usually are
replaced.
When there is heart valve insufficiency (regurgitation or stenosis), a heart valve repair may be indicated. The valve is repaired by remodeling the valve tissue followed by the insertion of a prosthetic ring for reinforcement. The advantage of heart valve repair is preservation of the native valve tissue, ventricular function and the avoidance of anticoagulation. At the Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the team of expert surgeons performs more than 100 valve repairs every year.
When the valve is seriously deformed or degenerated, it often is replaced. The valve can be replaced with either a mechanical or tissue valve. Loyola surgeons have access to state-of-the-art mechanical and tissue valves. They also have extensive experience with aortic root replacement with stentless aortic valve conduits and homografts.
Tests for This Specialty
Angiogram
Intravascular ultrasound
Treadmill stress
test
Treatments for This Specialty
Medication
Valvuloplasty
Heart valve surgery
Locations and Contacts
A full spectrum of cardiology and vascular services is offered in Maywood at:
Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine
For more information or to make an appointment with a physician, please call (888) LUHS-888.
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Thoracic
and cardiovascular surgery services
Program Director
Mamdouh Bakhos, MD
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