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Timotheos Kelpis
This video demonstrates a totally endoscopic transaortic extended septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an 81-year-old woman who was heavily symptomatic with class 3 shortness of breath. The LVOT peak gradient was measured 132...
The case of a 73-year-old man in NYHA class 3 and a history of pulmonary edema, due to severe mixed aortic valve disease, is presented. The operation was performed with...
The artificial chordae technique is a well-established technique used to treat primary mitral regurgitation, especially when the anterior mitral leaflet is involved (1). The main difficulty of this technique is...
The authors present a video showing their technique of totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement with a bovine pericardial valve (Trifecta GT, Abbott), performed for an 81-year-old patient with severe aortic...
Redo isolated tricuspid repair following previous mitral valve replacement carries a high mortality and morbidity. The authors’ totally endoscopic technique avoids entirely heart dissection, thus minimizing surgical trauma and possibly...