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Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City has been in the nation’s top 22 over the last 10 years for heart transplant volumes.

Mitral valve disease is a complex condition. The majority of patients with mitral valve disease have mitral regurgitation (leaky valve). Some have mitral valve prolapse, which causes their leaky valve. If the patient is healthy enough, open heart surgery is the standard to repair these valves.