Heart Valve Center

More than 7 million people in the United States have valvular heart disease. Advances in diagnosis and treatment have revolutionized the care of heart valve disease at leading academic centers across the country, centers like the Cooper and Inspira Cardiac Care Heart Valve Center.

Dedicated to comprehensive, state-of-the-art care, the Cooper and Inspira Cardiac Care Valve Center offers patients access to the most advanced care in the region for heart valve defects and disease, including:

• Aortic valve stenosis and regurgitation
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Stenosis and regurgitation
• Pulmonary valve disease
• Tricuspid valve disease

Consultation With a Heart Valve Specialist

This consultation offers an assessment of medical, interventional, and surgical options that includes transcatheter valve procedures and minimally invasive approaches. After consultation the patient is returned to the referring physician with a detailed plan of care, and access to the most advanced treatment modalities available in the field.

Patients who require interventional or surgical repair of valvular disease can count on the exceptional care, access to advanced technology and state-of-the-art facilities at Cooper University Hospital including:

• State-of-art non-surgical technology and treatment options, including the Edwards Sapien transcatheter heart valve, the first therapy to repair aortic heart valves without traditional surgery.
• Minimally invasive surgical treatments that emphasize small incisions, less pain, and more rapid recovery.
• Advanced treatment and surgical facilities including hybrid state-of-the-art operating rooms, and the most experienced cardiac anesthesiology and perfusionist teams in the area.
• An award-winning 30-bed Intensive Care Unit with physicians trained in critical care medicine at the bedside 24/7 to provide acute care in the immediate post-procedure period.
• Availability of physician subspecialists and other services 24/7 to support patients with complex medical needs.
• Round-the-clock emergency transfer by air or land through the Cooper Transfer Center.