{"id":4273,"date":"2024-03-28T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/?page_id=4273"},"modified":"2024-03-28T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:21:35","slug":"mitral-valve-re-replacement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/mitral-valve-re-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon Q&#038;A: Is Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Re-Replacement Possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Innovations in heart valve replacements are constantly on the move. Ten years ago, if you needed a new mitral valve, the only available options were either through the sternum or with a minimally invasive procedure through a small incision in the chest.\u00a0 Today, transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) has become a viable option for select patients.<\/p>\n<p>Given these options, many patients are wondering which type of procedure is right for them. To this point, we received a great patient question from Courtney, who asked us, \u201cMy biological mitral valve replacement is failing after ten years. Are there minimally invasive operations to re-replace the valve?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To answer answer Courtney\u2019s question, we connected with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Junaid-Khan-Oakland-California.php\">Dr. Junaid Khan<\/a>, a leading cardiac surgeon at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California. Dr. Khan specializes in minimally invasive techniques and has performed thousands of heart valve procedures while successfully treating many patients in our community. Here is what Dr. Khan shared with us at the 60th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aiHSjwTqkMU?si=XzxleCFI3ZWetgeA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Key Learnings About Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Re-Replacement<\/h1>\n<p>Here are important insights from Dr. Khan about minimally invasive mitral valve re-replacement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Courtney\u2019s question is both common and complex. Khan said, \u201cThat\u2019s a great question and one of the most common we get asked. Like with anything, the answer is a little complex. In some ways, the actual minimally invasive re-replacement is easier to do because we don\u2019t have to take down all the scar tissue that was there from the first surgery. We also have techniques now where we can actually occlude the aorta from the inside with a balloon, so we have to do minimal dissections. Sometimes it can be harder depending on the amount of adhesions or scar tissue in the chest, but we can certainly do it and do it relatively routinely.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Performing a minimally invasive re-replacement depends on the risk profile. Khan stated, \u201cThe most interesting thing I would tell Courtney is it depends on her age and risk profile.\u201d He told us that they can and often do regular mitral valve re-replacements through a catheter in certain patients. \u201cTranscatheter mitral valve replacement, along with my cardiology colleagues, we do on a relatively routine basis,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Thanks to Dr. Khan and Alta Bates Summit!<\/h1>\n<p>On behalf of Courtney and all of our HeartValveSurgery.com patients around the world, thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Junaid-Khan-Oakland-California.php\">Dr. Junaid Khan<\/a> for sharing his experience and insight into minimally invasive mitral valve re-replacement. We\u2019d also like to thank his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/hospital\/alta-bates-summit-valve-center\">Alta Bates Summit Medical Center<\/a> team for taking great care of our heart valve patients!<\/p>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/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":[10],"class_list":["post-4273","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-heart-valve-replacement"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4273","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=4273"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4293,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4273\/revisions\/4293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}