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London Mitral Clinic
Specialists in complex mitral valve procedures
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About us
The London Mitral Clinic was founded by a group of experts in mitral valve disease within the UK. The expert team offer cutting edge treatments and examination for valvular heart disease from medical therapy to endoscopic surgery to full conventional surgery.
Our team of experts have worked together for many years delivering exceptional service to patients across the globe and training other clinicians internationally.
Mitral valve disease assessment
Bespoke targeted assessment by the UKs leading experts
Transcatheter treatments
Transcatheter (TEER) treatments delivered by the highest implanting team in the UK and international centre of excellence for MitraClip. Therapies available MitraClip, TriClip, PASCAL and more
Mitral valve surgery
Repair or replacement surgery from open heart surgery to minimally invasive to endoscopic (Keyhole) delivered by world leading experts
Our Team
Mr Toufan Bahrami
Mr Toufan Bahrami is a senior consultant in cardiac surgery , working at both Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, where he treats both NHS and private patients.
He also works at The Harley street clinic in central London. With more than 4000 cardiac operations of which 1500 are minimally invasive procedures over past 21 years, He is the only consultant in UK expert in all aspects of minimally invasive cardiac surgery including, Mitral, Aortic valve and root and CABG with a longstanding track record.
Dr Saeed Mirsadraee
Dr Mirsadraee’s specialist interest is cardiovascular imaging and in particular imaging of the heart valves, surgical and transcatheter aortic and mitral valve procedure planning, and complex aortic conditions. He is the radiology lead for aortic and mitral imaging at the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals. Dr Mirsadraee uses CT images in planning Mitral valve procedures such as minimal access mitral valve surgery, transcatheter mitral valve implantation (eg. Tendyne, Sapien in ring/MAC), cord and left ventricular remodelling procedures (eg. Accucinch, Neocord).
Dr Ali Vazir
Dr Ali Vazir is a consultant cardiologist based at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. He is also an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London.
He is an expert in heart failure and echocardiography. He is the clinical lead for heart failure at the Royal Brompton Hospital. He trained in London and was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Mrs Lauren Connolly
Lauren has worked within the cardiology and cardiac surgery care setting for seven years. In recent years she has worked within the structural heart team as clinical nurse specialist and co-ordinator for the trans catheter team, specifically focusing in mitral and tricuspid valve disease. Lauren is the first nurse to act as second operator for the MitraClip procedure and is currently one of the most experienced operators in the UK with over 200 procedures completed. She also has experience as an operator with TriClip, AccuCinch, transcatheter valve in valve and MitraClip.
Dr Robert Smith
Dr Smith’s specialist interest is Mitral valve disease and interventions. He leads one of the largest structural heart disease programmes in Europe at the world renowned Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals. It is also the first centre of excellence for MitraClip in the world.
Dr Smith is highly skilled and one of the most experienced mitral interventionalists in the UK, with experience of more than 400 transcatheter edge-to-edge repair procedures, he is the top implanter in the UK and delivers training to other consultants internationally.
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