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What is Mitral Valve Prolapse?

Mitral Valve Prolapse is a medical condition that affects a person's heart. Find out more about how this contributes to having Good Health and Wellbeing in our video! This video was created by one of our volunteer authors to support the campaign "Goal 3 - Good Health and Well-Being". Find more info

Minimally Invasive Valve Repair

Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery is a type of minimally invasive, closed chest heart surgery performed on the mitral valve by a cardiac surgeon. The surgeon uses a lighted and flexible instrument (endoscope) to examine the body on the inside with the assistance of a robot.

What function do heart valves have

The healthy heart has two atria and two ventricles. The atria collect the blood. The larger heart chambers, the ventricles, suck up the blood and then return it to the cardiopulmonary circulation. Author: ZDF/3sat/nano/Südkino Filmproduktion GmbH/Berndt Welz/Hannah Dewies/Tim Sprado/Jochen Schmidt