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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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Marc Gillinov A. Marc Gillinov · Decision guide A. Marc Gillinov: Mitral repair specialist Mitral repair, robotic access and associated atrial fibrillation · Cleveland, Ohio, United States Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources 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 Portrait source ↗ cardiac surgeon A. Marc Gillinov Cleveland Clinic → chairman of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery chairman of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Read the clinical or research source ↗ 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. 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