{"id":36501,"date":"2023-04-06T08:08:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T13:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=36501"},"modified":"2023-04-16T09:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T14:49:52","slug":"future-mitral-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2023\/04\/06\/future-mitral-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitral Valve Awareness: The Future of Mitral Valve Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medical advances are rapidly transforming mitral valve disease therapy.\u00a0 As a result, both surgical and transcatheter techniques are providing mitral valve patients better outcomes and better therapeutic experiences with less pain and discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>For the last post of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/mitral-valve-disease-awareness-week\">Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week<\/a>, we interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Joanna-Chikwe-Los+Angeles-California.php\">Dr. Joanna Chikwe<\/a>, the Chair of Cardiac Surgery at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/hospital\/cedars-sinai-heart-institute\">Cedars-Sinai Medical Center<\/a> in Los Angeles, California.\u00a0 Doctor Chikwe is a leading robotic mitral valve surgeon who has successfully treated many patients in our commnunity including Leila Saedi and Lisa Harrington.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u4PTLzPJMvo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Future Insights for Mitral Valve Therapy<\/h2>\n<p>Here are Dr. Chikwe&#8217;s thoughts about the future of mitral valve therapy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To look into the future, Dr. Chikwe believes it is helpful to consider and appreciate the historical advances in mitral valve therapy. &#8220;In a relatively short timeframe, we\u2019ve gone to a remarkably safe procedure,&#8221; states Dr. Chikwe. &#8220;Less than 0.3 of a percent of patients can expect to have a bad outcome with mitral valve surgery today in the United States. That\u2019s a remarkable testament to evolution and technology and clinical experience and just fantastic team and program experience.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Joanna-Chikwe-Los+Angeles-California.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/profileImages\/304_129_188.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Joanna Chikwe\" width=\"129\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Joanna-Chikwe-Los+Angeles-California.php\">Dr. Joanna Chikwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The experience for mitral valve patients will continue to improve in the future. &#8220;In the 20 years that I\u2019ve been in cardiac surgery, I\u2019ve seen this night and day transformation in the patient experience,&#8221; states Dr. Chikwe. &#8220;From being in the hospital one to two weeks with much larger incisions, needing more pain medication, and recovering more slowly to tiny incisions, much less pain, fewer medications, two or three days in the hospital sometimes and much faster recoveries.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The ability to expand treatment to a larger population of mitral valve patients will continue thanks to transcatheter devices. &#8220;For sicker, frailer patients that struggle to get through surgery, even when it\u2019s done minimally invasively, transcatheter devices are transformational,&#8221; states Dr. Chikwe. &#8220;This has really allowed us to help patients that previously didn\u2019t have an option.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Developing technology and innovations for the use of mitral valve repair techniques will continue.<\/li>\n<li>In the future, medical teams will better understand which mitral valve therapy is best suited for each specific patient.<\/li>\n<li>Clinical trials and registry studies will be instrumental for developing new treatments for mitral valve disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Keep Learning About Mitral Valve Surgery<\/h2>\n<p>During Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, we&#8217;re sharing to information to educate you about the management and the treatment of mitral valve disease:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2023\/04\/06\/tmvr\/\">Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy: What Should Patients Know?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2023\/04\/06\/mitral-complex-surgery\/\">Medical Insights: Advanced Surgical Techniques for Mitral Valve Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/mitral-valve-disease-awareness-week\">See the Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week Educational Microsite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>P.S. For the deaf and hard of hearing members of our community, I have provided a written transcript of this video with Dr. Chikwe below.<\/p>\n<p>My name is Joanna Chikwe. I\u2019m professor and chairman at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, and my focus is robotic mitral valve repair. When we talk about the future of mitral valve disease, one of the ways we can see what\u2019s coming is to look at what we\u2019ve accomplished, and in a relatively short timeframe, maybe over a decade, we\u2019ve gone from a safe procedure with generally good repair rates to a remarkably safe procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Less than .3 of a percent of patients can expect to have a bad outcome with mitral valve surgery today in the United States, and that\u2019s a remarkable testament to evolution and technology and clinical experience and just fantastic team and program experience.<\/p>\n<p>In the 20 years that I\u2019ve been in cardiac surgery, I\u2019ve seen this night and day transformation in the patient experience. From being in the hospital one to two weeks with much larger incisions, needing more pain medication, and recovering more slowly to tiny incisions, much less pain, fewer medications, two or three days in the hospital sometimes and much faster recoveries, that\u2019s really transformed the patient\u2019s experience.<\/p>\n<p>For sicker, frailer patients that struggle to get through surgery, even when it\u2019s done minimally invasively, transcatheter devices are transformational. This has really allowed us to help patients that previously didn\u2019t have an option, and I think that\u2019s really the future of the transcatheter field.<\/p>\n<p>There are two parts to improving what we do today to take us to where we want to be tomorrow. The first is developing the technology and the innovations that will transform how we repair mitral valves for patients. The second is really understanding which patient is best suited to which approach, and that\u2019s where trials, randomized trials, and registry studies are absolutely essentially because it\u2019s not just about developing new treatments. 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