This video presents the case of minimally invasive mitral valve and ALCAPA repair in a twenty-one-month-old female patient. This operation was performed through a right axillary minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal space.
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Mitral valve disease (congenital)
August 24, 2023
November 24, 2022
This video shows a concomitant ascending-to-descending aortic bypass and mitral valve replacement via median sternotomy.
January 12, 2022
We present an operative technique video of the anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition (ccTGA) with ventricular septal defect (VSD), pulmonary atresia (PS), and mild right ventricular hypoplasia in a 2-year-old palliated with a 3.5mm rmBTS (and coronary artery fistula ligation) in the neonatal period, followed by a rmBTS takedown and bidirectional Glenn shunt at 4m/o.
June 4, 2021
On May 25, 2021, Dr. David Heimansohn successfully performed the first surgical implantation of biopolymer Tria™ heart valve in a patient with mitral valve disease at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN.
June 3, 2021
An augmentation of the pulmonary valve with pericardial patch, suture repair of pulmonary leaflet, artificial chordae replacement of the tricuspid anterior leaflet, valvuloplasty, and annuloplasty that ended with trace tricuspid regurgitation and trace pulmonary regurgitation is shown in this video.
January 13, 2021
A large series of closure of atrial septal defects ( mostly secundum) in adult and some adolescent patients. There are token cases of other (moderate to severe) congenital cases included in this narrative. The Onans offer details on the evolution of their Da Vinci program in Istanbul.
November 28, 2020
A large RCT with results somewhat supportive of considering a NOAC in the place of warfarin for post operative surgical patients. The study will be weighed against healthcare economical aspects.
November 12, 2020
This video demonstrates a 2-year-old patient with infective endocarditis and severely damaged mitral valve who underwent a complex mitral valve repair by resecting all the infected tissue and rebuilding the architecture of the valve by multiple Matrix patches and chordal transfer.
October 29, 2020
The authors present a case of AV valve repair in a 3 kg infant with tricuspid atresia.
October 15, 2020
The authors demonstrate mitral valve replacement performed with a 25 mm mitral mechanical prostheses after surgical resection of a giant mitral rhabdomyoma in an 8-year-old patient.