Valve Center

Overview

Cleveland Clinic Akron General’s Valve Disease Center provides patients with a comprehensive treatment approach that involves the care of experts in various diseases and conditions.

What makes Cleveland Clinic Akron General’s heart valve services unique?

• Our surgeons achieve better than expected results for all types of valve surgery, including reoperations and complex disease.
• We provide a comprehensive approach to care that includes:
  • Monitoring and medical management.
  • A variety of surgical procedures to meet your needs – minimally invasive, robot-assisted and traditional approaches.
  • Percutaneous valve treatments, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), for patients who are extremely high-risk for surgery.
  • Experienced care for younger patients and athletes who need to make lifelong treatment decisions.
• Our medical teams are dedicated to research and innovations to offer patients the latest advances in treatment.
• Our care is focused on YOU. We work with you to meet your goals and get you back to a healthy and active life!

Treatment Options

We care for patients with:

• Mitral valve disease.
• Aortic valve disease, including bicuspid aortic valve disease.
• Aortic valve disease that includes the aortic root or aorta.
• Tricuspid valve disease.
• Pulmonic valve disease.
• Complex valve disease affecting more than one valve or who need combined treatment for other medical conditions.
• Valve disease and atrial fibrillation.
• Need for reoperation for valve disease.
• Valve disease related to prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
• Infective Endocarditis.
• Valve disease that other doctors have deemed untreatable.

Heart specialists at Akron General also specialize in the treatment of:

• Young patients with valve disease.
• Elderly patients with valve disease.
• Athletes with valve disease.

Treatment plans are designed based on the patient’s individual needs. Our treatments include:

• Mitral valve repair and replacement.
• Aortic valve repair and replacement (SAVR/TAVR).
• Tricuspid valve repair and replacement.
• Pulmonic valve repair and replacement.
• Minimally invasive heart valve surgery.
• Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery.
• Heart surgery that involves the aortic valve and aorta.
• Combined heart surgeries for valve and atrial fibrillation as well as complex conditions.
• Interventional options with transcatheter valve procedures for aortic valves.
• Programs for long-term monitoring of valve disease.

Our Team

Cleveland Clinic Akron General’s Valve Center offers a multi-disciplinary team of specialists in cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, specialized imaging, anesthesia and pathology.

Cardiovascular Medicine - Medical

Diagnoses valve disease and cares for patients over time; sees patients for scheduled office visits, monitoring and medical management.

• David Cutler, MD
• Anubhav Garg, MD
• David Hedrick, MD
• Vinayak Hegde, MD
• Indiresha R. Iyer, MD
• Kamalesh Karthikeyan, MD
• Yassar Nabeel, MD
• Vinay Pai, MD
• Robert Schweikert, MD
• Khaled Sleik, MD
• Sergey Vitebskiy, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine - Interventional

Performs transcatheter valve procedures.

• Anmar KanaaN, MD

Specialized Cardiac Imaging

• Vinayak Hegde, MD
• Kamalesh Karthikeyan, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• James Brockett, MD
• Joseph Lahorra, MD
• Patrick Stocker, MD

Appointments

To make an appointment with one of our heart specialists, please call 330.344.7400 or for a consultation with cardiothoracic surgeon, call 330.344.1400.