Refer your patient to the Valve Clinic

In the Valve Clinic at Parkview Heart Institute, patients experience:

• Answers. A class is offered before your initial consultation to share the process and answer your treatment questions.
• A comprehensive approach which allows you to meet with a cardiologist and a cardiovascular surgeon in one visit.
• Personalized care by the Valve Clinic team. At a bi-weekly case review, the team will discuss your evaluation, your medical images and testing results in order to identify the best treatment plan for you.
• Easy access to all treatment options currently available for heart valve disease.
• Advanced diagnostic capability, treatment and recovery options, all in one convenient location.
• Education about your medications, dietary considerations, smoking cessation and physical activities to strengthen your heart function.

Any patient with moderate to severe aortic stenosis or mitral regurgitation. The most common referrals are high-risk patients, including those who may not tolerate surgical options.

Many treatment options and strategies are available at the Valve Clinic at Parkview Heart Institute, including:

• Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) – offering four approaches for catheter delivery
• Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (AVR) with and without sternal incision
• Traditional open-heart AVR
• Transcatheter mitral valve clipping - a revolutionary minimally invasive treatment available to select patients who have not had success using other methods to treat mitral valve regurgitation or prolapse, including surgery.

When you refer patients to the Valve Clinic at the Parkview Heart Institute, they will be under the supervision of our Valve Clinic care team.

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