Innovative treatment for mitral valve disease
Transcatheter mitral valve therapies
At NewYork-Presbyterian, our heart specialists perform the latest minimally invasive procedures to treat and manage mitral valve disease. These procedures involve placing a repair or replacement device into a thin, flexible tube called a catheter, which is usually placed into a vessel in the groin and advanced to the heart.
We are committed to advancing the treatment of mitral valve disease and are involved in several clinical trials that assess innovative ways to repair or replace the mitral valve through a catheter-based procedure. The heart team at NewYork-Presbyterian takes a cutting-edge approach to mitral valve care, including using two FDA-approved clip-like devices for the transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) of the mitral valve.
Mitral valve surgery
Minimally invasive surgery
Using this approach, your surgeon can repair or replace your damaged mitral valve through small incisions, and with great precision. Smaller incisions result in less discomfort after surgery and a faster recovery.
Robotic mitral valve surgery
Our teams include experts in the use of totally robotic endoscopic surgery to perform mitral valve repair or replacement. Robotic surgery is a form of minimally invasive heart surgery that uses dexterous robotic instruments and a robotically controlled 3D camera to perform surgery through very small incisions — with a degree of precision and visualization that would be difficult or impossible without them.
Open-heart surgery
You may need open-heart surgery if you have more than one damaged heart valve in need of treatment. Our experienced team provides open-heart surgery for some people with mitral valve disease, with exceptional outcomes.
"Hybrid" heart surgery
Our doctors are developing and evaluating new approaches that combine surgery and interventional cardiology techniques to treat some people with damaged heart valves.