Principles of Complex Mitral Valve Repair: An Exploration With Leonard Lee and Vince Gaudiani

This much-watch discussion is the ultimate video in Vince Gaudiani’s mitral valve repair series.

In this video, cardiac surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Vince Gaudiani and Dr. Leonard Lee, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, examine the anatomy and physiology of the mitral valve in the context of a complex mitral valve repair. They combine their years of surgery and teaching experience to explain and discuss essential principles of mitral valve repair, including the fundamental principle of mitral valve repair. 

They also discuss four main ideas to take away for mitral valve repair—deep closure, posterior closure, consistent closure, and early closure—and why each is so important. 

Their message is that the deeper the understanding of how the mitral valve works, the better a surgeon will be at repairing it because there is no one-size-fits-all solution for mitral valve repair.  

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