{"id":3451,"date":"2023-08-01T15:41:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/?page_id=3451"},"modified":"2023-09-27T19:31:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T19:31:52","slug":"mitral-valve-repair-innovations-vinay-badhway-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/mitral-valve-repair-innovations-vinay-badhway-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon Insights: Top 3 Innovations for Mitral Valve Repair During Past 20 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the American College of Cardiology, an estimated four million people in the United States suffer from some form of mitral valve disease. Several conditions may affect the mitral valve, including obstruction (stenosis), leakage (regurgitation), and bulging backward as the valve closes (prolapse). Patients with mitral valve disease may experience fatigue, chest pain, dizziness, and palpitations. Some people may have no symptoms, making it a silent and progressive disease that can result in premature death without a timely diagnosis. Fortunately, minimally invasive procedures have been developed to repair the mitral valve, allowing patients to return to the normal, fulfilling life they had before mitral valve disease.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the &#8220;Top 3 Innovations&#8221; for mitral valve repair, we met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Vinay-Badhwar-Morgantown-West%20Virginia.php\">Dr. Vinay Badhwar<\/a>, Executive Chair at WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, while attending the Mitral Conclave in New York City. Dr. Badhwar is a minimally-invasive specialist who has performed thousands of mitral valve surgeries over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2EgWVm1-zXs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key Learnings About The Top 3 Innovations for Mitral Valve Repair<\/h2>\n<p>Here are key insights shared by Dr. Badhwar during our interview:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safety and Success Rate<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Repair of mitral valve prolapse, or a \u201cfloppy\u201d mitral valve, has become an extremely safe operation, with at least a 90% success rate regardless of where the repair is performed. Dr. Badhwar told us, \u201cWe now know, in a recent analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons&#8217; National Data Base, in looking at 50,000 patients with recent repairs just for the floppy mitral valve, the operative risk of dying is less than 1%. So, it is exceedingly safe, and the repair rates are exceedingly high.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Vinay-Badhwar-Morgantown-West%20Virginia.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/profileImages\/342_129_147.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Vinay Badhwar\" width=\"129\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Vinay-Badhwar-Morgantown-West%20Virginia.php\">Dr. Vinay Badhwar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Badhwar believes the most important aspect for patients and family members to take home is the safety and success rate over the past 20 years. \u201cI think that is a testament to the education we\u2019ve done over the last 20 years to help surgeons on the technical aspects of how to reconstruct and repair valves instead of replacing them and how to do it safely,\u201d said Dr. Badhwar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3455 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/..\/Images\/mitral-valve-illustration-heart.jpg\" alt=\"Mitral Valve Illustration\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/>Illustration of Mitral Valve<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minimally Invasive Robotic Valve Repair<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mitral valve surgery used to require a large incision in the chest and was a significantly invasive surgery. Now, up to 15% of all mitral valve repairs in the United States are done robotically, and the only time a patient needs a large incision in their chest is if they need more extensive surgery besides the mitral valve repair. Dr. Badhwar states, \u201cThe repair is done through a tiny incision on the right side called the \u2018Port Access\u2019 and is about three centimeters or less. No bones are broken. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/hospital\/west-virginia-university\">WVU Heart &amp; Vascular Institute<\/a>, the routine approach is done robotically, and our repair rate for these patients is 100%.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/da_vinci_robot_heart-valve.jpg\" alt=\"Robot-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair\" width=\"312\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitral valve repair, rhythm abnormalities, and more<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robotic procedures aren\u2019t limited to just the mitral valve. Many people have a leaky or blocked aortic valve, and they also can be treated with a minimally invasive robotic procedure. \u201cSince 2020, we\u2019ve been doing robotic aortic valve replacements and even recently aortic valve repairs. So, I think we\u2019re shifting the era of &#8220;Coumadin-free&#8221; or no anticoagulation therapies to reconstruct patients\u2019 valves, starting with the mitral but also treating rhythm abnormalities and other valves, including the aortic valve,\u201d said Dr. Badhwar.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Badhwar believes we are moving towards an exciting time for valve repair. \u201cIt\u2019s an important New Era as we miniaturize care with minimal trauma and fast turnaround,\u201d said Dr. Badhwar. \u201cPatients can go back to their normal everyday lives with their families in the shortest period of time. Most importantly is to have the durability of the reconstruction for the only operation they need for the rest of their life.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Eliminating the need for ongoing Coumadin therapy and providing the durability of a valve repair rather than replacement assures patients that their life expectancy reverts back to before their valve disease. Dr. Badhwar said, \u201cWe now have evidence that once the valve is repaired and repaired well in a durable fashion, people\u2019s life expectance essentially returns to the normal population, particularly for mitral valve repair.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Thanks, Dr. Badhwar and the West Virginia University Heart &amp; Vascular Institute!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On behalf of our patient community, many thanks to Dr. Vinay Badhwar for sharing his knowledge and expertise about the exciting innovations in mitral valve repair. Also, we want to thank WVU Heart and Vascular Institute for continuing to take great care of heart valve patients.<\/p>\n<p>Related Links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Vinay-Badhwar-Morgantown-West%20Virginia.php\">See Dr. Vinay Badhwar&#8217;s Interactive Surgeon Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/videos\/robot-mitral-badhwar\">Video: Advantages of Robotic Mitral Valve Repair<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/robotic-aortic-valve-replacement\/\">Heart Valve Innovations: Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n<p>P.S. For the deaf and hard of hearing members of our community, I have provided a written transcript of this interview below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"cms.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"class_list":["post-3451","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-mitral-valve-repair"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3451"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3476,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3451\/revisions\/3476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}