Mitral Valve
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Chris Malaisrie, a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University and an Attending Cardiac Surgeon at Northwestern Medicine,...
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 demonstrates the setup for a minimally invasive mitral valve surgery in a step-by-step approach. Femoral cannulation is done through an oblique incision in the right groin. Both the...
The video presents a totally endoscopic port access technique using a three-dimensional endoscopic system for resection of the left atrial myxoma and mitral valve repair without robotic assistance. A 57-year-old...
The recording from the Ancona Live Virtual Course – Minimally Invasive and Trans-Catheter Cardiac Surgery – Episode II, presented on June 7 and 8, 2021, is now available! Click Here...
A 13-years-old, 70 kg male patient was admitted to Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital pediatric cardiac surgery clinic with fatigue and dyspnea on exertion. He...
A 79-year-old female presented with dyspnea. She had a history of interstitial pneumonia on oral steroid therapy. Further workup revealed severe mitral regurgitation from the anterior leaflet and severe central...
In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of severe mitral annular calcification can present technical issues. This video reports using the ultrasonic aspirator device (CUSA® Clarity, Integra LifeSciences; SONOPET®...
The patient was a 76-year-old woman with a known history of mitral stenosis. Her symptoms included worsening fatigue, malaise, and dyspnea with exertion. Echocardiography demonstrated a mitral valve area of...
In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Joel Dunning speaks with Patrick M. McCarthy, executive director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern in Chicago, Illinois. They discuss Dr McCarthy’s...








