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A. Marc Gillinov: Mitral repair specialist

Name: A. Marc Gillinov: Mitral repair specialist
Creator: Yevhenii Kozlov

Mitral repair, robotic access and associated atrial fibrillation · Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of BookimedUpdated 8 October 2026Sources linked throughout

At a glance

A. Marc Gillinov’s Cleveland Clinic practice focuses on mitral repair and robotic mitral surgery. He also leads surgical atrial-fibrillation work, a relevant combination when a leaking valve and an abnormal rhythm occur together.

Repair and rhythm expertise

The official profile lists mitral repair, robotic surgery and surgical leadership of the atrial-fibrillation centre.

Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic

A defined robotic cohort

Cleveland’s 2006–2013 series recorded 992 completed repairs in 997 repair attempts among 1,000 robotic mitral operations.

Sources: Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases

Early repair is not lifelong durability

The series reports early procedural results. A completed repair and freedom from later recurrent leakage are different outcomes.

Sources: Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases

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Reported surgical experience

447 isolated mitral repairs

Programme operations · Calendar year 2025 · published 2026-03-16 · counting date 2025-12-31

Isolated mitral valve repair; all approaches.

Cleveland Clinic 2025 adult cardiac surgery volumes and outcomes ↗ · source read 2026-10-08

167 isolated mitral replacements

Programme operations · Calendar year 2025 · published 2026-03-16 · counting date 2025-12-31

Isolated mitral valve replacement; all approaches.

Cleveland Clinic 2025 adult cardiac surgery volumes and outcomes ↗ · source read 2026-10-08

614 isolated mitral valve operations

Programme operations · Calendar year 2025 · published 2026-03-16 · counting date 2025-12-31

Isolated mitral valve repair or replacement; all approaches. Calculated from 447 repairs + 167 replacements in the same isolated-procedure table.

Cleveland Clinic 2025 adult cardiac surgery volumes and outcomes ↗ · source read 2026-10-08

2,600+ robotic mitral operations

Programme operations · Cumulative at podcast date; start not assigned · published 2025-02-25 · counting date 2025-02-25

Robotically assisted mitral valve procedures.

Advances in Heart Surgery at Cleveland Clinic — Part I ↗ · source read 2026-10-08

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Benefits and limitations

Potential advantages

Mitral repair and surgical AF expertise are present in the same practice when valve leakage and atrial fibrillation coexist.
Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic

Trade-offs and limits

Gillinov is first author of the historical institutional series; the paper does not allocate every operation to him. Its results concern screened robotic candidates and should not be extended to every valve lesion.
Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic · Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases · Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases

Procedure-specific research

A learning-curve comparison inside one robotic programme.

1,000 robotic mitral operations. 2006–2013 · published 2017/2018. Reported stroke fell from 2.0% in the first 500 cases to 0.8% in the second 500. This is an unadjusted time comparison, not proof that volume alone caused the change. Hospital and early results, not a long-term durability study.

How to interpret this: Institutional series; Gillinov is first author, without per-surgeon case allocation. The current official programme also names Per Wierup. Screened robotic candidates. Historical figures do not establish current individual outcomes.

Sources: Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases

Clinical programme

Cleveland Clinic →

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland’s cardiac services bring together different expertise: Gillinov’s mitral/robotic work, Smedira’s myectomy practice, Kapadia’s catheter valve treatment and Unai’s endocarditis and redo reconstruction. Its published cohorts show why valve anatomy and supporting tissues can matter as much as the incision.

Sources: Surgical management of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a specialized hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy center · Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases · Samir Kapadia, MD · Shinya Unai, MD — cardiac surgery profile · Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Center · Robotically Assisted Mitral Valve Repair: Patient Applications Grow · Nicholas Smedira — current clinical profile · Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at 7 Years. · The Hidden Burden of Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis: Reevaluating Diagnostic and Pathologic Challenges. · Mitral valve abscess: echocardiographic imaging, microbiology, management, and outcomes.

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At a glance

Repair and rhythm expertise

A defined robotic cohort

Early repair is not lifelong durability

A. Marc Gillinov

Reported surgical experience

Benefits and limitations

Potential advantages

Trade-offs and limits

Procedure-specific research

A learning-curve comparison inside one robotic programme.

Clinical programme

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