Mitral Valve
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 Ancona Minimally Invasive and Trans-Catheter...
The authors present a 75-year-old woman with dyspnea on exertion. She was diagnosed with an aortic valve stenosis and moderate-to-severe mitral valve regurgitation due to a localized A2 prolapse. This...
This cardiac session features leading surgeon Mario Castillo-Sang presenting on intraoperative pearls and pitfalls at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac...
The transition toward minimally invasive cardiac surgery is no longer solely about reducing incision size; it is about creating a standardized, versatile, and sustainable concept. The direct-view transaxillary approach represents...
This educational video reviews the anatomy of the aorto-mitral junction and demonstrates how the aorto-mitral angle influences mitral valve geometry, surgical exposure, and repair strategy. Using a custom valve model...
This video is the second-place winner from CTSNet’s 2024 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos. This video demonstrates a novel surgical technique...
This is the first-place video from the 2024 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the second and third place winners. Watch Dr. Jessica Hungate’s interview...
This patient had an emergency mitral valve repair at another institution, but the repair failed early. This resulted in P1 and P2 prolapse and systolic anterior motion of the leaflets,...
This video demonstrates a myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 70-year-old woman with a 100-mmHg gradient in her LVOT. The right femoral vein was cannulated, followed by the aorta, then...
In this video, Dr Vince Gaudiani demonstrates a Cox maze III procedure and how to perform a complex repair of a calcified posterior leaflet. He began by performing a full...
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how to perform a complex repair of a calcified posterior leaflet. He first cannulated the femoral vein, then performed an upper ministernotomy before...
Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how to perform a complex repair of a mitral valve with a heavily calcified posterior leaflet. He began by cannulating the femoral vein and then performed...
This video shows an 80-year-old patient who had severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation with pulmonary hypertension and, intraoperatively, was found to have a sinus venosus defect. Dr. Vince Gaudiani found...












