Cardiac Valve Center

Find advanced cardiac valve treatment for your heart valve disease at UVA

UVA’s Cardiac Valve Center is one of only a few sites in the nation to provide the full complement of transcatheter and minimally invasive procedures for heart valve conditions like cardiac valve disease of the aortic, mitral and pulmonary heart valves. To date, we have performed more than 250 transcatheter valve procedures, making us one of the most experienced programs in the field.

Our surgeons and staff work together to provide the best approach tailored to each individual patient, including investigating new treatments for valve conditions through clinical research trials. Interventional cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and imaging specialists each use their particular expertise to diagnose and treat patients with heart valve disease.

Heart Valve Surgery: Specialized Options

UVA's cardiac valve surgeons perform traditional heart valve surgery. But they do more than that. They offer less invasive heart valve treatment options for patients who can’t undergo traditional cardiac surgery, either because of their age or other health concerns.

Contact Us: Contact the Cardiac Valve Center team by email at valve@virginia.edu

Cardiac Valve News

We're evaluating patients for the PARTNER II clinical trial, which will test the effectiveness of the Edwards Sapien transcatheter heart valve. The trial offers an option for patients with severe aortic stenosis. For more information, email valve@virginia.edu.
We're participating in the EXCEL trial, which compares drug-eluting stents to coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left main coronary artery disease. This global trial includes patients from 18 countries and 165 medical centers.
Ravi K. Ghanta, MD, recently joined UVA and will focus on adult cardiac surgery, including care for patients with coronary artery disease, valve disease, heart failure and diseases of the thoracic aorta.