{"schema_version":"bookimed.page-context.v1","id":"heart-valve-clinics","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/heart-valve-clinics/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/heart-valve-clinics.json","index_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/index.json","full_dataset_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/content.json","content_revision":"source-driven-rankings-20261008","date_modified":"2026-10-08","language":"en","kind":"clinic-directory","title":"Heart valve treatment clinics and specialist centres","summary":"This overview includes valve repair, replacement and catheter treatment across different valves; these are distinct clinical pathways. Heart valve treatment clinics and specialist centres differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Valve treatment can preserve a repairable valve, replace a damaged one or use a catheter-based approach. The cause of the valve problem determines which options can work; repair, TAVI and TEER are different treatments.","research_credit":{"name":"Yevhenii Kozlov","role":"Co-Founder of Bookimed","url":"https://us-uk.bookimed.com/ceo/kozlov/","contribution":"Research personally prepared and reviewed","assistance":"AI tools assisted source research."},"editorial_scope":"Source-based patient information; an individual treatment plan requires clinical review.","research_method":"How this guide is researched and compared Research project led by Yevhenii Kozlov . We link clinical guidance, primary studies and named hospital or offer sources beside the relevant statements. Comparisons distinguish individual operators from programme results and preserve the study population, follow-up and limitations. Prices are dated examples with their stated scope. Research and editorial preparation are separate from clinical review; no named clinician has medically reviewed this edition. Bookimed provides care coordination. Partner and reference programmes are identified from their sources; paid ordering is not used in our published-cohort comparison. Read the editorial policy .","key_takeaways":[{"label":"13 named clinics and specialist centres","text":"Anadolu Medical Center, Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Medanta, German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) and other named teams.","sources":["anadolu-programme","hisar-fedakar","medanta-bazaz","clinic-dhzc-robotic"]},{"label":"Mechanical and tissue valves differ","text":"Mechanical valves require lifelong anticoagulation. Tissue valves can deteriorate and need another intervention.","sources":["C04"]},{"label":"TAVI usually means a shorter stay","text":"NHS guidance describes 2–3 hospital days after TAVI versus about a week after surgical replacement.","sources":["C08"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Surgery can address a valve together with coronary or aortic disease; catheter options can reduce the initial recovery burden for suitable anatomy.","sources":["C03","C08"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"Every route has limitations: repair must be durable, replacement creates lifetime valve decisions, and catheter treatment may leave other surgical problems untreated.","sources":["C03","C04"]}],"sections":[{"id":"directory","title":"Heart valve treatment clinics and specialist centres","text":"Heart valve treatment clinics and specialist centres 13 programmes shown Select up to 3 hospitals to compare their reported services and teams. View selected hospitals ↓ The Institut de Cardiologie at Pitié-Salpêtrière, shown on the hospital’s official cardiology page. · Photo source France · Paris AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière Heart valve treatment clinical focus Pitié-Salpêtrière lists Lansac within its adult cardiac and aortic service. Procedures and specialists adult cardiac surgery aortic surgery aortic valve repair assessment valve-sparing root surgery assessment Emmanuel Lansac → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Dr Emmanuel Lansac · Cardiac and thoracic surgery at Pitié-Salpêtrière · External aortic annuloplasty with a dedicated expansible ring improves outcomes in remodeling root repair compared with homemade Dacron ring. Anadolu Medical Center campus in Gebze, near Istanbul. · Photo source Turkey · Gebze, Kocaeli (Istanbul region) Anadolu Medical Center Heart valve treatment clinical focus Anadolu describes complex valve repair and valve-sparing aortic-root replacement. Selected mitral and tricuspid procedures can use robotic access. Procedures and specialists CABG valve repair and replacement aortic surgery minimally invasive valve surgery complex valve repairs Haşim Üstünsoy → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center · Robotic Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, photographed at night. · Photo source Thailand · Bangkok Bumrungrad International Hospital Heart valve treatment clinical focus Bumrungrad’s Heart Valve Center offers surgical repair/replacement alongside TAVI and catheter mitral-repair assessment. Procedures and specialists mitral repair mitral replacement surgical aortic valve replacement TAVI MitraClip assessment Pat Ongcharit → Pattanasak Lertpradit → Kriengchai Prasongsukarn → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center · Treating Aortic Valve Stenosis with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Joanna Chikwe in a clinical discussion, in a photograph published by the Smidt Heart Institute. Photo: Cedars-Sinai. · Photo source United States · Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Heart valve treatment clinical focus Cedars-Sinai’s robotic mitral programme treats degenerative prolapse and complex Barlow anatomy. Its studies follow recurrent leakage as well as whether the valve was repaired. Procedures and specialists degenerative mitral repair robotic mitral repair complex Barlow repair coronary revascularization Joanna Chikwe → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Eliminating the learning curve in robotic mitral valve repair: Results from 1400 patients. · Robotic repair for Barlow mitral regurgitation: Repairability, safety, and durability. Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona. · Photo source Spain · Barcelona Centro Médico Teknon Heart valve treatment clinical focus Teknon’s Ruyra-led cardiac-surgery team describes native-valve repair and the Ross operation. Procedures and specialists Coronary artery bypass grafting Heart surgeon consultation Preoperative testing Xavier Ruyra Baliarda → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Dr Xavier Ruyra — official Teknon clinical profile Miller Family Pavilion at Cleveland Clinic’s main campus, home to the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. · Photo source United States · Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Clinic Heart valve treatment clinical focus Cleveland combines Gillinov’s mitral-repair practice, Kapadia’s catheter valve treatment and Unai’s complex reconstructive work. Surgical and catheter specialists contribute different treatment options. Procedures and specialists mitral valve repair robotic mitral surgery aortic valve replacement minimally invasive cardiac surgery HCM / septal myectomy transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI/TAVR) A. Marc Gillinov → Samir Kapadia → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic · Samir Kapadia, MD · Shinya Unai, MD — cardiac surgery profile Duke University Hospital entrance, from Duke Health’s official hospital-location image. · Photo source United States · Durham, North Carolina Duke University Hospital Heart valve treatment clinical focus Duke’s Hughes practice includes aortic-valve repair and valve-sparing root replacement. Procedures and specialists aortic valve repair valve-sparing root replacement aortic arch and thoracoabdominal repair thoracic endovascular aortic repair heart transplantation LVAD ECMO total artificial heart selected surgery with severely reduced LV function G. Chad Hughes → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: G. Chad Hughes, MD · Mid-term outcomes of aortic valve repair using an anatomically shaped internal annuloplasty ring. Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, home to DHZC cardiac surgery. Campus photograph. · Photo source Germany · Berlin German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) Heart valve treatment clinical focus DHZC pairs robotic mitral repair with ERMICS recovery care for selected patients, linking anaesthesia, pain control and early mobilisation. Procedures and specialists CABG off-pump CABG selected minimally invasive CABG robotic mitral repair selected robotic CABG heart-valve surgery Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Mitral valve treatment at DHZC · Enhanced recovery and ERMICS after minimally invasive cardiac surgery Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Istanbul. · Photo source Turkey · Istanbul Hisar Hospital Intercontinental Heart valve treatment clinical focus Hisar lists Ali Fedakar’s focus on second and third valve operations. Procedures and specialists coronary bypass beating-heart bypass minimally invasive cardiac surgery redo valve surgery aortic surgery Ali Fedakar → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. — Hisar Hospital Intercontinental Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram campus. · Photo source India · Gurugram Medanta Heart valve treatment clinical focus Medanta’s team covers valve repair and replacement, including Rajput’s listed endoscopic mitral and aortic replacement. Procedures and specialists CABG off-pump and beating-heart surgery valve repair and replacement aortic surgery redo surgery minimally invasive and robotic surgery Naresh Trehan → Nitin Kumar Rajput → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta NewHeart Watanabe Institute entrance, from the institute’s official facility overview. · Photo source Japan · Tokyo NewHeart Watanabe Institute Heart valve treatment clinical focus NewHeart Watanabe’s published robotic mitral work includes complex Barlow repair using artificial chordae and selected leaflet resection. Procedures and specialists robotic mitral repair robotic valve surgery Barlow mitral repair Go Watanabe → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Outcomes of Barlow mitral valve repaired by robot-assisted keyhole surgery. · Robot-assisted surgery and team profiles Royal Brompton Hospital, historic South Block entrance in London. · Photo source United Kingdom · London Royal Brompton Hospital Heart valve treatment clinical focus Royal Brompton’s Rosendahl profile describes aortic, mitral and tricuspid repair and valve preservation during root replacement. Procedures and specialists aortic-root and arch surgery thoracic-aortic surgery aortic valve surgery mitral reconstruction CABG minimally invasive surgery Ulrich Rosendahl → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location Husam Balkhy performing robotic heart surgery, as identified on UChicago Medicine’s official programme page. · Photo source United States · Chicago UChicago Medicine Heart valve treatment clinical focus UChicago’s Balkhy-led service offers robotic mitral surgery and minimally invasive port-access aortic valve surgery. Procedures and specialists robotic totally endoscopic CABG (TECAB) robotic mitral valve surgery robotic atrial fibrillation surgery Husam H. Balkhy → Read the clinic profile ↗ What this means for your choice The linked specialist profiles distinguish clinical practice, published cohorts and treatment methods. Heart valve treatment guide ↗ Clinic, specialists and research → Compare this hospital Sources: Husam H. 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Sources: ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025) · NHS: valve recovery Trade-offs and limits Every route has limitations: repair must be durable, replacement creates lifetime valve decisions, and catheter treatment may leave other surgical problems untreated. Sources: ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025) · NHS: valve types","links":[{"label":"ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025)","url":"https://www.escardio.org/news/news-room/congress-news/2025-guidelines-valvular-heart-disease/"},{"label":"NHS: valve recovery","url":"https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/heart-valve-replacement/recovery/"},{"label":"ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025)","url":"https://www.escardio.org/news/news-room/congress-news/2025-guidelines-valvular-heart-disease/"},{"label":"NHS: valve types","url":"https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/heart-valve-replacement/how-its-done/"}]},{"id":"selection","title":"How these clinics and specialist centres were selected","text":"How these clinics and specialist centres were selected This list contains 13 clinics and specialist centres with a documented heart valve treatment focus in our source-linked directory. It is an editorial shortlist, not a census or an outcome ranking. Institutional expertise and published study results are identified separately. An individual doctor may participate in several treatment pathways; a study of one procedure does not establish outcomes for another. How we find specialists ↗ Heart valves ↗","links":[{"label":"How we find specialists ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/specialist-research-method/"},{"label":"Heart valves ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/heart-valve-surgery/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / Compare clinics / Heart valve treatment clinics and specialist centres Heart valve treatment clinics and specialist centres · Decision guide Heart valve treatment clinics and specialist centres 13 clinics and specialist centres with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence. Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance This overview includes valve repair, replacement and catheter treatment across different valves; these are distinct clinical pathways. Heart valve treatment clinics and specialist centres differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Valve treatment can preserve a repairable valve, replace a damaged one or use a catheter-based approach. The cause of the valve problem determines which options can work; repair, TAVI and TEER are different treatments. 13 named clinics and specialist centres Anadolu Medical Center, Hisar Hospital Intercontinental, Medanta, German Heart Center of Charité (DHZC) and other named teams. Sources: Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center · Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. — Hisar Hospital Intercontinental · Dr. Surinder Bazaz — Medanta Gurugram · DHZC robotic cardiac surgery programme — 12 November 2025 Mechanical and tissue valves differ Mechanical valves require lifelong anticoagulation. Tissue valves can deteriorate and need another intervention. Sources: NHS: valve types TAVI usually means a shorter stay NHS guidance describes 2–3 hospital days after TAVI versus about a week after surgical replacement. 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