CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Jessica Hungate about her novel pericardial patch for mitral valve replacement in the setting of mitral annular calcification (MAC), as demonstrated in “The Mitral Patch Technique for Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC).”
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Mitral valve disease
January 17, 2025
January 13, 2025
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how the MitraClips failed in an 88-year-old patient prior to removing them and performing a mitral valve replacement via a hemisternotomy.
January 6, 2025
This video demonstrates a mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease performed through an upper hemisternotomy, femoral vein cannulation, and an incision through the roof of the left atrium.
December 16, 2024
This video demonstrates a young female patient who underwent mitral valve replacement with a mechanical valve who had an unexpected postoperative course that required redo surgery, which revealed a spontaneously closed congenital ventricular septal defect.
November 20, 2024
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.
November 6, 2024
This video demonstrates a novel minimally invasive surgical technique combining coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and mitral valve replacement through a single left anterior minithoracotomy in a 74-year-old patient with severe cardiovascular issues. Watch this video, which placed second in the CTSNet 2024 Innovation Video Competition now.
November 5, 2024
This video demonstrates a novel mitral valve patch technique utilizing a pericardial patch that safely and effectively treats severe mitral annular calcification in patients, regardless of the surgeon’s experience. It is the must-see first-place winner of the CTSNet 2024 Innovation Video Competition.
October 22, 2024
This video demonstrates a redo mitral valve repair and left ventricular myectomy performed through the aorta and roof of the left atrium.
October 21, 2024
This video demonstrates a myectomy and mitral valve repair in a 70-year-old woman with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Vince Gaudiani shows how to make a septal incision and how to place an annuloplasty ring.
October 14, 2024
This video demonstrates a Cox Maze III procedure and mitral valve repair of a calcified annulus. Dr. Vince Gaudiani shows how to make an incision from the medial tricuspid trigone to the inferior vena cava and how to decalcify the A1 and P1 leaflets.