Of course not everyone is a candidate for repair, at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Cleft mitral valve is rare and is not the typical abnormality that is repaired. Chest deformities and such are things that make patients NOT candidates for minimally invasive surgery. Discuss all these points with your cardiologist as well as your appropriate concern regarding waiting until it is too late to go to the OR for valve surgery. I hope you find this information useful.
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