This video demonstrates total arterial complete revascularization with bilateral internal mammary artery and mitral valve replacement in a 62-year-old male patient.
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Mitral valve disease
April 29, 2015
March 17, 2015
Recorded via Google Hangouts, this roundtable discussion focuses on mitral valve repair for rheumatic mitral valve disease.
March 2, 2015
This retrospective review of outcomes after reconstruction of the intervalvular fibrous trigone combined with aortic and mitral valve replacement tracked patients who were operated upon for either severe endocarditis (n=26) or severe calcification (n=14) involving the trigone.
February 10, 2015
This video demonstrates various tips and techniques for facilitating the successful performance of a left-handed approach to mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral valve insufficiency.
January 15, 2015
Dr. Asai and colleagues from Japan report on their midterm results using the "butterfly" technique of leaflet resection for posterior leaflet prolapse. In this procedure, the shape of the resected specimen of prolapsed leaflet resembles the shape of a butterfly as opposed to the conventional quadrangular shape.
January 12, 2015
This article shows that MIMVS is a safe approach with low morbidity and mortality that allows a high and durable repair rate with low reoperation rates and favorable short-term event-free survival
January 6, 2015
Neil Moat of the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom, discusses the respect philosophy in mitral valve surgery.
December 28, 2014
This is a retrospective study comparing outcomes in 25 octogenarian patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valve intervention with the Mitraclip device and 35 octogenarian patients undergoing surgical mitral valve repair or replacement for isolated mitral regurgitation.
December 7, 2014
In this prospective randomized study from the Cardiothoracic Trials Network Investigators, the authors compare the results between CABG alone and CABG plus mitral valve repair in 301 patients with ischemic moderate mitral insufficiency and coronary artery disease.
November 30, 2014
This is a stunning video of a myectomy and mitral anterior leaflet repair. It really shows the abilities of the robot very well indeed. Well done