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Procedure Volume
Cleveland Clinic
continues to perform the largest number of valve procedures in the
United States. In 2006, Cleveland Clinic surgeons performed
2,127 valve procedures — 1,524 primary operations and 603
reoperations.
Despite
the increasing complexity of the procedures, hospital mortality
for primary valve operations was only 1.7% in 2006. |
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Distribution
of Primary Valve Procedures
Cleveland Clinic has broad surgical experience with complex valve
procedures. 72% of patients undergoing primary valve operation
also had other, concomitant procedures.
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142 |
 Number
of modified David procedures performed at Cleveland Clinic.
During a modified David operation, the aortic valve is spared
by reimplanting it into a new tube conduit. With this type of
repair, anticoagulation is not required. |
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 Valve
operations performed for the treatment of endocarditis in
2006.
73
procedures were for native valve disease, 18 for prosthetic valve
disease, and 13 for combined native and prosthetic valve
disease
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