Mitral Valve
This talk features Antonios Pitsis, Head of Cardiac Surgery at the European Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece, and Visiting Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, presenting on “How I Do Complex...
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...
In this video, the authors present a case of severe rheumatic mitral stenosis repaired using the SCORE technique—a stepwise approach that stands for Shaving, Checking, Opening (Commissurotomy), and Relaxing. The...
This video showcases a totally endoscopic mitral valve replacement (TE-MVR) using a transcatheter device in a patient with a history of mitral commissurotomy. The procedure was performed using a minimally...
A 64-year-old male presented with complaints of severe dyspnea on minimal exertion, lower extremity edema, and weakness. The patient had a history of long-term atrial fibrillation (AF). Echocardiography revealed reduced...
Mitral annular disjunction is described as pathological dehiscence between the posterior mitral annulus and the compact left ventricular myocardium on the back wall of the left ventricle. The myocardium in...













