Mitral Valve
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 Dr. Castillo-Sang, the Surgical Director...
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 video presents a case of minimally invasive mitral valve replacement, left atrial appendage closure and left atrium plication. The patient is a sixty-eight-year-old woman with a history of rheumatic...
The authors have been using left innominate vein cannulation for SVC drainage in mitral valve surgery instead of direct cannulation of the SVC or right atrium for more than 20...
This patient required a double valve replacement, but she had grade V atheroma in the ascending aorta. This meant that the patient was at very high risk of stroke if...
This video is a part of CTSNet’s World’s Best Centers for Cardiothoracic Surgery: United States series. View every video in the World’s Best series and stay tuned for more. Watch...
CTSNet is pleased to present the webinar recording of “Contemporary Insights on Minimally Invasive Surgery,” featuring panelists Dr. Husam H. Balkhy (University of Chicago), Dr. Robert L. Smith (Baylor Scott...
In this session from the 2023 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, Professor Gebrine El Khoury gave his tips and tricks for his method of mitral valve repair. If you...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Extracorporeal telescopes have been the latest addition to the neurosurgeons’...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the authors share their latest educational innovations,...












