Heart Valve Disease
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Why choose UCSF Health for heart valve disease?
Our team provides expert, collaborative care for people in the Bay Area and beyond. Our team includes interventional cardiologists, noninvasive valve experts and cardiothoracic surgeons who tailor treatments to your needs.
We have a special interest in providing early treatment to prevent more serious heart complications down the road. For advanced heart valve disease, we conduct precise assessments to guide treatment decisions, offering nonsurgical options, catheter-based procedures or surgery.
We provide compassionate, specialized care focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for you. Our specialists also welcome patients looking for a second opinion on their diagnosis.
Why choose UCSF Health for heart valve disease?
Our team provides expert, collaborative care for people in the Bay Area and beyond. Our team includes interventional cardiologists, noninvasive valve experts and cardiothoracic surgeons who tailor treatments to your needs.
We have a special interest in providing early treatment to prevent more serious heart complications down the road. For advanced heart valve disease, we conduct precise assessments to guide treatment decisions, offering nonsurgical options, catheter-based procedures or surgery.
We provide compassionate, specialized care focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for you. Our specialists also welcome patients looking for a second opinion on their diagnosis.
Top-ranked surgery program
U.S. News & World Report ranks us as a "best hospital" (the highest category) for heart and vascular surgery.Team approach
Noninvasive valve experts, interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, heart failure specialists and other experts collaborate to provide high-level care.Broad expertise
We treat all types of heart valve conditions, from common disorders to rare congenital heart valve diseases.Heart valve disease clinical trials
You may have opportunities to participate in clinical trials, giving you access to new treatments before they are widely available.
Advanced heart valve care
We carefully monitor you to manage your symptoms and prevent progression in every stage of heart valve disease. We're here with the treatments and support you need.
Advanced minimally invasive heart valve procedures we perform include:
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Catheter procedures. As an alternative to open surgery, we offer procedures such as mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) via catheter (thin, flexible tube). We perform these procedures in a catheterization lab instead of an operating room.
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Ross procedure. During a Ross procedure, we use your own healthy pulmonary valve to replace a damaged aortic valve. The valve lasts longer, has a lower risk of complications and eliminates the need for lifelong blood thinners.
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Valve replacement. We offer less invasive options for heart valve replacement, such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
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Valvuloplasty. We're experienced in this minimally invasive technique to repair narrowed heart valves.
Locations
Providers
Tobias Deuse, MD
Lung Transplant Surgery • Cardiothoracic Surgery
Shalini Dixit, MD
Cardiology • Cardiac Imaging
Sammy Elmariah, MD
Cardiology • Interventional Cardiology
Teng C. Lee, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery • Heart Transplant Surgery
Award-winning heart care
Among the top hospitals in the nation
One of the nation's best for heart & vascular care
Rated high-performing hospital for aortic valve surgery
Related conditions & treatments
Conditions
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Heart Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
- Tricuspid Regurgitation
Treatments
- Aortic Valve Replacement
- Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty
- Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty
- Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
- Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Mitral Valve Replacement
- Pulmonic Valve Replacement
Clinical trials
PROGRESS: Management of Moderate Aortic Stenosis by Clinical Surveillance or TAVROpens in a new window
Non-hierarchical composite of death, and heart failure hospitalization or eventEdwards PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System Pivotal Clinical TrialOpens in a new window
Comparison of number of participants with composite endpoint events between experimental and active comparator armsGORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder and Antiplatelet Medical Management for Reduction of Recurrent...Opens in a new window
Proportion of subjects with recurrent ischemic stroke post study device implantEdwards PASCAL CLASP IID/IIF Pivotal Clinical TrialOpens in a new window
To establish the safety and effectiveness of the Edwards PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) who have been determined to be at prohibitive risk for mitral valve surgery by the Heart Team, and in patients with functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) on guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT)Percutaneous or Surgical Repair In Mitral Prolapse And Regurgitation for ≥60 Year-olds (PRIMARY...Opens in a new window
Composite score of all-cause mortality, valve re-intervention, hospitalizations and urgent visits for heart failure, or onset of ≥ 2+ MR (by transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE)) from randomization to a minimum follow-up of 3 years...PRIMARY Ancillary SubstudyOpens in a new window
Myocardial fibrosis is the buildup of excess fibrous connective tissue in the heart muscle often resulting from chronic injury or stress. It can impair the heart's ability to contract and relax properly leading to reduced cardiac...
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