If your HMO does not allow you to come here, I urge you to seek referral to a large medical center that performs a high volume of mitral valve repair. You should speak to your cardiologist, who will hopefully do the right thing, and refer you to a medical center that does an adequate number of these procedures. If your HMO does not allow that, you may need to talk to the HMO administrator. I hope this response has been useful to you. I wish you the best of luck.
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