The Problem:
Mitral Valve Disease Is Common,
Under-Treated & Deadly
The Problem: Mitral Valve Disease Is
Common, Under-Treated & Deadly
The statistics are alarming. Mitral valve disease is the most common form of valvular disease impacting up to 7.5 million people in the United States alone. Sadly, patients diagnosed with severe mitral valve disease who do not get treatment have mortality rates of 20% after one year and 50% after five years. Even though safe therapies are available to address mitral valve disease, only 15% of patients get treated.
Another Big Problem: People Are Not Aware of
Mitral Valve Disease & Its Associated Health Risks
To make matters worse... The general population is not aware of mitral valve disease, its symptoms and risks which include heart failure, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension and death. In fact, a recent survey found that 75% of people in their 50s, 60s and 70s are not aware of mitral disease.4
of Mitral Valve Disease
Given the health burden and lack of awareness to mitral valve disease, HeartValveSurgery.com, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Penn Medicine Heart and Vascular Center believe there is a significant opportunity to increase awareness for mitral valve disease using novel educational content syndicated across traditional and social media platforms.
The Opportunity: Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week
Is An Episodic, Digital & Live Initiative That Will Raise
Awareness To This Global Health Burden
During Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, HeartValveSurgery.com will raise awareness to mitral valve disease by distributing new educational content across its traditional and proprietary social media platform that is followed by more than 500,000 people.
Using patient-centric research, HeartValveSurgery.com, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Penn Medicine developed eight “Digital Education Episodes” about mitral valve disease to be syndicated across the HeartValveSurgery.com Social Media Platform during Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week.
Episode #1: What Is Mitral Valve Disease?
In Episode #1 of Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, Dr. Pavan Atluri, Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery Program at Penn Medicine Heart and Vascular Center, provides critical insights about mitral valve disease, its symptoms, causes and health risks. Dr. Atluri also addresses the lack of awareness and under-treatment of mitral valve disease. (Syndication date: April 10, 2023; See post here.)
Episode #2: How Is Mitral Valve Disease Treated?
During Episode #2 of Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, Dr. Joanna Chikwe, Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, explains the different therapies to safely and effectively treat mitral valve disease using sternotomy, minimally-invasive and transcatheter approaches. (Syndication date: April 11, 2023; See post here.)
Episode #3: Top 5 Considerations for Mitral
Valve Therapy (Surgeon Roundtable)
In Episode #3 of Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, a "Surgeon Roundtable" featuring Dr. Michael Acker, Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at Penn Medicine, and Dr. Michael Ibrahim, Director of Mitral and Reconstructive Valve Surgery at Penn Medicine, offer their top 5 considerations for patients needing mitral valve therapy. (Syndication date: April 12, 2023; See post here.)
Episode #4: Live Patient Webinar
In Episode #4, HeartValveSurgery.com will host a live patient webinar to educate and empower patients about mitral valve disease. The webinar titled, “Advances in Surgical and Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy”, will feature Dr. Joanna Chikwe, Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Dominic Emerson, a robotic mitral valve repair specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Adam Pick, the patient who founded HeartValveSurgery.com in 2006. (Event date: April 13, 2023)
Episode #5: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy
During Episode #5 of Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, Dr. Howard Herrmann, Director for Interventional Cardiology at Penn Medicine, addresses the evolution of transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) and transcatheter mitral valve replacement therapy (TMVR) for mitral valve disease. Transcatheter procedures require no incision to the patient’s chest and no use of the heart-lung machine. (Syndication date: April 13, 2023; See post here.)
Episode #6: Recovery From Mitral Valve Surgery
In Episode #6 of Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, Dr. Dominic Emerson, Surgical Co-Director of the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, shares important insights and expectations for the patient recovery from mitral valve surgery. (Syndication date: April 14, 2023; See post here.)
Episode #7: Advanced Surgery for
Complex Mitral Valve Disease
During Episode #7 of Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, Dr. Wilson Szeto, Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, explains the complex nature of mitral valve disease and the concomitant treatment of mitral valve disease with other cardiac conditions including atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, aortic aneurysms and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (Syndication date: April 15, 2023; See post here.)
Episode #8: The Future of Mitral Valve Therapy
In Episode #8 of Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, Dr. Joanna Chikwe, Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, examines the ongoing transformation of mitral valve surgery from the patient perspective while offering ideas about the development of new technologies and clinical trials. (Syndication date: April 16, 2023; See post here.)
To Learn More
To learn more about Mitral Valve Disease Awareness Week, please contact Katie Bal, Vice President of Program Management at HeartValveSurgery.com, at katie@heartvalvesurgery.com.
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References
The references above include:
(1) Pavan Atluri, MD, What Is Mitral Valve Disease?, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Conference, 2023
(2) Alliance for Aging Research, The Silver Book: Valve Disease, 2018
(3) Volha Dziadzko, MD, Outcome and Undertreatment of Mitral Regurgitation: A Community Cohort Study, The Lancet, 2018
(4) Erin Emery, Heart Valve Disease: A SIgnificant Public Health Issue, UC Health Today, 2018