Welcome to melbourne valves
We are a specialist cardiovascular service designed to simplify and provide streamlined access to world-class structural heart care across Victoria.
The Melbourne Valves model allows rural, regional, and metropolitan patients to receive individualised expert advice and streamlined intervention planning.
Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, or healthcare professional, our mission is to support your well-being with trusted information, compassionate care, and helpful resources on structural heart intervention and valvular heart disease.
We’re here to make your healthcare journey easier, safer, and more informed.
Thank you for choosing us as your partner in health. Providing you with exceptional care is our priority.
the melbourne valves Approach:
experts in the patient’s journey and the coordination of care
complex case expertise
rapid access
excellent communication
individualised and holistic approach, without procedural bias
We are a specialist cardiovascular service designed to simplify and provide streamlined access to world-class structural heart care across Victoria. Our mission is to ensure that every patient in Victoria with valvular or structural heart disease receives timely, expert assessment and intervention, without geographic barriers or system delays.
Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, or healthcare professional, Melbourne Valves supports your well-being with trusted information, compassionate care, and helpful resources on structural heart intervention and valvular heart disease.
We provide a centralised telehealth triage service with structural heart nurses who provide seamless coordination of care and are dedicated to helping patients and their referring medical team navigate their healthcare journey. All patients receive prompt direct consultation with a leading Melbourne structural interventional cardiologist, who is equipped to manage even the most complex cases. They perform a range of procedures including TAVI, Mitral and Tricuspid TEER, LAAO and ASD/PFO closure.
Our streamlined rapid access to care and referral-to-treatment pathway ensures patients are seen by our multidisciplinary team (MDT) within 14 days, with procedures typically completed in under 30 days in both the private and public hospital setting.
Our highly experienced operators deliver exceptional results and patient outcomes, as consistently demonstrated in the ACOR database registry.
Most patients are safely discharged just one day after their procedure, reflecting the efficiency and quality of our care.
Partner with Melbourne Valves, where expertise, efficiency and patient care come together.
personalised patient support every step of the way
Choosing this service means patients will have ongoing support through their structural heart intervention journey every step of the way from experienced healthcare professionals.
Our dedicated team of structural heart nurses have post-graduate studies in cardiac care and many years’ experience nursing in the cardiology and cardiothoracic fields. The Melbourne Valves nursing team provide patient education and seamless coordination of care, ensuring that patients, families/carers and the referring medical team have access to accurate and timely support and information.
The Melbourne Valves team are dedicated to delivering timely, expert, holistic and comprehensive care for all patients.
expedited waitlist
Melbourne Valves provides an expedited and streamlined process from referral, investigations and assessment through to procedure. Patients are seen within 14 days of referral and their structural heart procedure in under 30 days.
Melbourne Valves coordinates care for patients both in the public and private health setting.
lifetime management experts
Matias is a structural and interventional consultant cardiologist holding both public and private appointments at Epworth Richmond, Warringal Private Hospital and Austin Health, where he is also the Director of Structural Heart Intervention.
Dr Matias Yudi is a world-renowned author and leading expert in coronary access. With his extensive clinical training and strong academic record, Matias brings cutting-edge technology and up-to-date medical knowledge to his patients to ensure they receive the best possible care in all areas of cardiology.
His research on coronary access has led the way for many of his peers, making his care and ability to provide re-access to coronary arteries after TAVI one of the safest choices in Victoria for patients.
