Chikwe a “game changing” three-dimensional view of the heart. Chikwe to access the heart using a small incision through the ribs which helps patients leave the hospital in 3-4 days and get back to a normal life faster. Chikwe prefers the use of a robot for mitral valve repair surgery.
While there are many approaches for accessing the heart (sternotomy, port access, mini-thoracotomy, transcatheter), the most important considerations for selecting an approach are safety and quality.The advantages of a mitral valve repair surgery include maintaining the natural architecture of the heart, durability (lasts longer) compared to a biological valve replacement, and patients do not need to be on blood thinners like they would if they get a mechanical valve replacement.For most of the patients I see, mitral valve repair surgery is the right option because that procedure can restore normal life expectancy.” Chikwe states, “If you’re older, frail, and you have other illnesses… Maybe a minimally-invasive approach – such as the MitraClip – is going to be the safest option. Chikwe’s recommended approach for mitral valve repair surgery is tailored to each patient. Long-term cardiac damage from mitral regurgitation includes heart failure, stroke and atrial fibrillation.However, patients can also be asymptomatic (without symptoms). Patient symptoms related to mitral regurgitation, which is one of the most common forms of heart valve disease, are feeling winded walking up stairs or in bed at night, heart palpitations due to atrial fibrillation, chest tightness, and fatigue.Over time, mitral regurgitation can lead to an enlarged and weakened heart. Mitral regurgitation forces the heart to work “overtime” to pump blood through the body. Patients with mitral regurgitation, a leaky heart valve, may need mitral valve repair surgery.Everybody needs an individualized repair.” Second, mitral valve repair surgery is incredibly creative. There’s almost nothing else we do in heart surgery that does that. The procedure gives me the chance to restore a patient’s normal life expectancy. Chikwe states, “I love mitral valve surgery because it’s transformative. Chikwe decided to specialize in mitral valve repair surgery given the transformative impact on the long-term health of her patients. Chikwe has performed thousands of cardiac procedures of which most involved some form of heart valve repair or heart valve replacement.
Chikwe’s interview about robotic mitral valve repair surgery: Key Learnings About Robotic Mitral Valve Repair Chikwe has successfully performed robotic mitral valve repair surgery on many patients in our community including Wendy Spector, Steve Rudack and Mark Kimball. Chikwe has dedicated her career to the treatment of valvular disease using minimally-invasive techniques. Joanna Chikwe, Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. I wanted to provide Elaine an expert response to this very important question. What do you think about surgery using the robot?” She asked me, “Adam, I have mitral regurgitation. For example, I’m just getting off the phone with Elaine from Georgia.
Now, more than ever, I’m getting patient questions about robot-assisted therapies and the surgeons that focus on this super-specialized approach to mitral valve repair. Patient interest in robotic mitral valve repair surgery continues to increase.
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