Joseph Zacharias

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ECS Club | Can the Endoscope “Challenge” the Catheter?

September 26, 2026 | Joseph Zacharias

This talk features Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, delivering a presentation on “Can the Endoscope ‘Challenge’ the Catheter?” at the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Meeting 2025....

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Ancona Live Virtual Course: Mitral and Tricuspid Valves

July 15, 2026 | Gry Dahle…

In this session, cardiothoracic surgery experts gathered to discuss perfusion strategies, redo mitral valve surgery, and endocarditis. These presentations were recorded during the mitral and tricuspid valves session of the...

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MICS and Robotic-Assisted Surgery: A Roundtable Discussion With the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club

December 20, 2025 | Lorena Montes…

In this roundtable, cardiac surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with the board members of the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons (ECS) Club about minimally invasive endoscopic and robotic...

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Lifetime Management of Heart Valve Disease: An Interview With Joseph Zacharias

August 1, 2025 | Joseph Zacharias…

In this fascinating interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, discussing lifetime management of heart...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 116: Lifetime Management of Heart Valve Disease

August 1, 2025 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, about lifetime management of...

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Lifetime Management of Heart Valve Disease—Treat It Early and Treat It Right, First Time

July 10, 2025 | Joseph Zacharias

Heart valve disease is a leading cause of mortality, with increasing incidence due to an aging population. Early referral to specialized heart networks is vital, as late diagnosis often leads...

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Mitral Repair with Premeasured Chord in Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery

September 27, 2023 | Yancy Wu…

An eighty-eight-year-old man with a history of hypertension, pulmonary embolism, prostate cancer, and right hip and femur surgery came to the cardiology clinic with progressive shortness of breath in recent...

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Totally Endoscopic Mitral and Aortic Valve Surgery

April 28, 2022 | Abdelrahman Abdelbar…

This video describes one of the authors’ initial series of combined mitral and aortic valve surgery and highlights the steps involved for an endoscopic approach. The authors hypothesize that this...

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Respecting the Mitral With Homemade Loops

May 13, 2021 | Abdelrahman Abdelbar…

In this video, we have used a homemade chord loops for mitral valve repair. We believe that this system is flexible for the mitral surgeons as the number of loops...

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Four Sternotomies, Three MitraClips: Now What?

September 8, 2020 | Abdelrahman Abdelbar…

In this video, the authors demonstrate the advantage of minimally invasive endoscopic beating mitral valve surgery with cardiopulmonary support in complex redo cases. This technique can simplify the procedure in...

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Minimally Invasive Totally Endoscopic Beating Mitral Valve Repair

May 26, 2020 | Abdelrahman Abdelbar…

The authors present their experience with totally endoscopic beating mitral valve surgery by presenting this case of mitral repair. They recently moved to beating mitral surgery due to the shortage...

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Isolated Endoscopic Tricuspid Valve Surgery

September 10, 2019 | Abdelrahman Abdelbar…

Isolated tricuspid regurgitation has been increasingly diagnosed amongst the population (1). Intracardiac devices and the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) are now the most common causes of AF (2). Morbidity...

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Concomitant AF Ablation During Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

February 1, 2017 | Joseph Zacharias

Joseph Zacharias of the Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool, UK, gives an overview of the use of ablation for atrial fibrillation in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. Dr. Zacharias demonstrates his...