Patrick Perier MD

Dr. Perier trained and graduated for heart and vascular surgery at the Hôpital Broussais in Paris, under the supervision of Alain Carpentier who became his mentor. He was the first who did compare the long-term results of mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement. Several studies worldwide have confirmed since then the major advantages of mitral valve repair over replacement. Since 1990 he has been appointed staff surgeon at the Herz und Gefäss Klinik in Bad Neustadt, Germany. He initiated mitral valve reconstruction in Germany taking part in its increasing popularity. He further developed techniques of mitral valve repair, with a specific interest in dealing with prolapse of the posterior leaflet. During the last 10 years, he has concentrated on developing video-assisted mitral valve surgery with increasing enthusiasm. Today more than 1500 patients have had minimally invasive reconstruction of the mitral valve.