Heart Valve Disease
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Heart valve disease occurs when one or more of your heart’s valves, which facilitate blood flow, fail to open or close properly.
Our team of valve disease experts includes cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, cardiac imaging specialists and cardiovascular anesthesiologists — all of whom work together to design and deliver the best treatment plan for your specific valve condition and unique needs.
We treat the following types of heart valve disease:
Our Approach to Treating Valve Disease
Whenever a procedure is needed to treat valve disease, our specialists use catheter-based techniques, such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI/TAVR), rather than open surgery, if possible. This helps keep you out of the intensive care unit, improves your recovery times and reduces your hospital stay.
For select patients, surgery may still be the best option. And as leaders in the research, development and application of a range of heart valve surgery techniques, our cardiovascular surgeons are also committed to ushering in the next generation of valve disease treatment options.
A Clinic Dedicated to Treating Valve Disease
Heart valve disease specialists within the Valve Clinic at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center are nationally recognized experts. When you choose our Valve Clinic, you receive focused, prompt care and centralized evaluation and treatment options — delivered by a comprehensive team with extensive expertise treating valve disease.