Mitral Valve
Friday, December 4, 2026 – Saturday, December 5, 2026 @ 12:00 am – This comprehensive program brings together leading experts in structural heart disease, imaging, electrophysiology, and interventional cardiology to explore the evolving landscape of...
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...
Severe mitral annular calcification remains a challenge for the mitral valve surgeon. The past decade has introduced promising new technologies in the mitral valve replacement space, and ongoing clinical trials...
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...
Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve (ViV) is emerging as an alternative to surgery in patients with degenerated mitral valve bioprosthesis. One of the most common exclusion criteria for mitral ViV is left...
CTSNet is proud to present the webinar recording of “The Myth Behind Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Mitral Valve Replacement,” featuring panelists Dr. Tom Nguyen (Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery,...
Management of severe posterior mitral annular calcification or posterior deep abscess can be challenging and carries significant risk. The use of the anterior mitral valve leaflet as a posterior annular...
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, “Right Axillary Thoracotomy for Repair of a Wide Variety of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants and Children—Should This Be the New...
In March 2023, the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland brought together surgeons from around the world to discuss topics in CT surgery. This recording covers the...
This video presents a transcatheter transapical mitral valve replacement with the implantation of the Abbott Tendyne system. The implantation team was composed of both cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists. The...












