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Heart Valve Disease: Treatment in Beijing

Key test: EchocardiographyDiagnosis from $250
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Short answer

Leaking or narrowed heart valves progress quietly until they don't; timing the repair or replacement — surgical or transcatheter (TAVR/mitral clip) — is everything. Fuwai and Anzhen hospitals offer the full spectrum at national-leading volumes, with echocardiography-based workups from about $250.

Overview

The common valve problems — aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation — are mechanical and eventually need mechanical solutions: surgical repair or replacement, or transcatheter options (TAVR for aortic stenosis, edge-to-edge clips for mitral leak) in suitable patients. Operate too early and you take unnecessary risk; too late and the heart muscle is damaged.

In Beijing

Fuwai Hospital performs valve surgery and TAVR at among the highest volumes anywhere; Anzhen Hospital is similarly comprehensive. Both run heart-team assessments weighing surgical versus transcatheter routes.

Typical costs

  • Echocardiography + workup: imaging from about $250, full workup quoted individually
  • Valve procedures: individual quote
  • Written heart-team second opinion: from $400

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Sources: Fuwai Hospital

Heart Valve Disease in Beijing — hospitals, costs & next steps

Recommended hospitals

Fuwai Hospital
World-scale valve surgery and TAVR volumes
Beijing Anzhen Hospital
Comprehensive valve and structural heart program

Departments

Cardiovascular Surgery at Beijing Anzhen Hospital
Anzhen's cardiovascular program is internationally recognized — especially its aortic surgery center, one of the world's most experienced — alongside world-scale atrial fibrillation ablation.

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Heart Valve Disease — frequently asked questions

TAVR or open surgery for aortic stenosis?

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It depends on age, anatomy and surgical risk — the decision belongs to a heart team that does both at volume, like Fuwai's. Their written opinion on your echo and CT (from $400) explains which route fits you and why.

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