Learn About Heart Valve Repair
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Vinay Badhwar is a Thoracic Surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Badhwar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Endocarditis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Heart Valve Repair, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Badhwar is currently accepting new patients.
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Lars Svensson is a Thoracic Surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Svensson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Svensson is currently accepting new patients.
Hermann Reichenspurner practices in Hamburg, Germany. Mr. Reichenspurner is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Regurgitation, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Heart Transplant.
Background: Between one-third and one-half of patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease develop significant aortic regurgitation (AR) at a young age, leading to cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Aortic valve repair is an evolving and still underused strategy in BAV patients with AR. The lack of sufficient standardization remains the main limitation of current repair techniques, resulting in an increas...
Summary: The objective of this study is to investigate safety and performance of the Free Margin Cusp sizer. The device will be used during aortic valve repair and sparing procedures as a caliper to measure the aortic valve free margin length at different stages of the procedure. The patient will be followed for one year clinically (at 1, 2, 6 and 12 months) and by echocardiography (at 6 and 12 months) to ...