Mitral Valve
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 case demonstrates a step-by-step transaxillary,...
In a Michigan statewide quality collaborative analysis of 6,649 adults undergoing isolated surgery for primary mitral regurgitation, high surgeon-level mitral repair volume was independently associated with greater repair utilization (93...
This talk features CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac Mario Castillo-Sang, Surgical Director of Mitral Valve and Heart Failure Therapies at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Kentucky, USA, presenting on “Premeasure Neochords: How...
The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement and coronary revascularization performed through a minimally invasive left anterior minithoracotomy via the fourth intercostal...
This 20-year propensity-matched study, utilizing data from the UK National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit, examined whether mitral valve repair (MVr) offers better early outcomes than replacement (MVR) in patients with...
This five-minute video demonstrates how to prepare your own single Gore-Tex chord for mitral repair or how to use premade On-X chordal loops in a mitral repair. Disclaimer The information...
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates a simple triangular resection of the mitral valve for a sixty-eight-year-old male with P2 prolapse. He uses an upper hemisternotomy with a femoral...
Cardiac surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Vince Gaudiani shares a detailed and fascinating explanation of the anatomy and physiology of the mitral valve. He explains why the mitral valve...
In this unique webinar on mitral valve guidelines, CTSNet hosted a discussion on, “How Low Can You Go? Should MVR Age Guidelines Be Lowered Due to Better Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve...
While complete atrioventricular septal defect covers a wide spectrum of malformations and pathophysiologies, there are several phenotypic features common in all of them. The phenotypic features are the commonality of...
Learn how the unique native design of the Mosaic™ mitral valve and proper orientation help to reduce the risk for LVOT obstruction during this new educational video from Prof. Yanai...
This video provides a simple explanation of mitral regurgitation pathophysiology and the technique developed by the author over the past 10 years, known as KISS. This visual presentation provides a...
The patient is a thirty-year-old woman who underwent an aortic valve replacement in 2021, aortic prosthesis and mitral valve replacement in 2022 for endocarditis, and a redo operation for dysfunction/dehiscence...












