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Last Thursday, President Barack Obama visited The Cleveland Clinic for an inside look at its model of healthcare and how it utilizes health information technology for operations including heart valve surgery.

The president’s tour included a demonstration of robotically-assisted heart valve repair. According to The Associated Press, The Cleveland Clinic has performed about 500 robotic heart surgeries using the da Vinci Surgical System – more than any facility in the country – with 0 percent hospital mortality and 99 percent success.

During its presentation to President Obama, The Cleveland Clinic suggested that minimally invasive heart valve repair results in shorter hospital stays, accelerated recovery and costs less when compared with traditional open heart procedures.

The Cleveland Clinic has been ranked the no. 1 cardiac care center by U.S. News and World Report for the past 15 years.

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About The Author: Adam Pick ^[2] is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient’s Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. This unique book integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of 78 former valve surgery patients to help patients and caregivers better understand the problems, the opportunities and the realities of heart valve surgery. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here ^[3].