University of Virginia Health System

Find a physician specializing in Heart Valve diseases

UVa cardiothoracic surgeons are experts in heart valve repair and replacement surgeries, including new minimally invasive techniques that allow them to do their work though smaller incisions. When combined with the expertise of UVa's echocardiography group, our team approach allows the doctors to design a heart-valve operation that suits the patient's specific needs.

Services include:

• Echocardiographic assessment
• Standard and complex mitral valve repair
• Aortic root reconstruction
• Aortic valve sparing procedures
• Surgical valve replacement
• Balloon valvuloplasty
• Minimally invasive valve repair and replacement
• Multiple valve surgery
• Combined valve repair with other corrective surgeries such as coronary bypass and ventricular remodeling.