INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Treating aneurysms that arise from the aortic segments distal to the left subclavian artery poses challenges that are distinct from those presented by aneurysms of the…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIS) refers to a collection of techniques and operation-specific technologies, all of which are designed to lessen surgical trauma and improve…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen It can be reasonably argued that the very dawn of cardiac surgery began with a mitral valve repair. On May 20, 1923, Dr Elliot Carr Cutler…
THE NORMAL MITRAL VALVE Print Section Listen Anatomy The mitral annulus is a pliable zone of discontinuous fibrous and muscular tissue that joins the left atrium and left ventricle and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Injury to the aorta and great vessels of the thorax may occur secondary to penetrating or blunt trauma. The management strategy involves control of immediate hemorrhage…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Replacement of the aortic valve or the full aortic root can be performed using a variety of stentless valve devices. The three main options are a…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiovascular pathology defines the morphology and mechanisms of cardiovascular disease in individual patients and patient cohorts, both along the natural history of a disease and following…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This chapter provides an overview of aortic valve replacement (AVR) with stented bioprostheses. The indications for aortic valve surgery are reviewed with an emphasis on evidence-based…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Mitral valve repair (MVR) remains the standard of care for patients with severe valve incompetence. MVR is usually accomplished by either an open surgical (sternotomy) approach…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In 1931, Paul Dudley White stated “There is no treatment for aortic stenosis.” Even today the medical therapy of aortic stenosis has not significantly advanced.1 Conversely,…
