https://www.HeartValveSurgery.com Patients diagnosed with mitral valve disease are often confused and misinformed about how to get the best, longterm surgical outcome. To make matters worse, many primary care physicians and cardiologists are not uptodate about the latest research and technologies used to fix defective mitral valves.

To debunk six common myths about mitral valve surgery, we hosted a “Surgeon Roundtable” with Dr. Michael Acker, Dr. Pavan Atluri and Dr. Michael Ibrahim from Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These leading cardiac surgeons have collectively performed over 6,000 heart valve operations.

The myths evaluated during this special discussion include:

Myth #1 Asymptomatic mitral valve disease patients DO NOT require an intervention.

Myth #2 Patients with mitral valve disease who are elderly or sick CANNOT be operated on.

Myth #3 Mitral valve surgery SHORTENS patient life expectancy.

Myth #4 Robotic mitral valve repair is NOT openheart surgery.

Myth #5 Atrial fibrillation CANNOT be treated during robotic mitral valve repair.

Myth #6 The MitraClip is NOT effective for lowerrisk patients.

To learn more or schedule an appointment with the Penn Medicine surgeons featured in this video, please use the phone numbers and links below:

Dr. Michael Acker (888) 6997556 https://www.heartvalvesurgery.com/s...

Dr. Pavan Atluri (888) 3834116 https://www.heartvalvesurgery.com/s...

Dr. Michael Ibrahim (888) 5788799 https://www.heartvalvesurgery.com/s...