Mitral Valve
This talk features Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, a senior research scientist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation’s Valve Science Center, Minnesota, USA, delivering a presentation titled “Mitral Valve Intervention in Asymptomatic Patients: Why and When?” at the...
This talk features Patrick Perier, chairman of the ECS Club and staff surgeon at the Herz und Gefäss Klinik in Bad Neustadt, Germany, presenting on “When to Respect, When to...
The authors present a case of left atrial tumor excision combined with mitral and tricuspid valve repair and coronary revascularization, performed through a left anterior minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal...
This talk features Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, a senior research scientist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation’s Valve Science Center, Minnesota, USA, delivering a presentation titled “Mitral Valve Intervention in Asymptomatic Patients:...
In the clinical case reported herein, a 62‑year‑old female patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and systolic anterior motion syndrome, with a EuroSCORE II risk of 4.07 percent, was treated with a...
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...
Partial endocardial cushion defects, presenting as an ostium primum atrial septal defect associated with a cleft in the anterior mitral valve leaflet, traditionally requires a conventional median sternotomy. While sternotomy...
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) frequently requires peripheral cannulation strategies. Femoral cannulation remains the standard approach; however, it is associated with potential complications such as lymphorrhea, hematoma, infection, and an...
A 35-year-old woman, who had undergone an aortic valve replacement (AVR) with a 19 mm mechanical prosthesis nine years prior presented with exertional fatigue and shortness of breath despite a...
Saturday, August 22, 2026 – Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – The Asian Academy of Heart Valve Disease (AAHVD) is pleased to invite you to...
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...
In this article, the authors report a nationwide study evaluating surgical mitral valve replacement (MVR) for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in all 16 Dutch cardiothoracic centers between 2017 and 2023....
This video demonstrates a simplified ring-only mitral valve repair technique for patients with symmetrical bileaflet mitral valve prolapse, annular dilatation, and centrally directed multiple jets of mitral regurgitation. The technique...











