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Mitral Stenosis- Minimally Invasive Anterior Leaflet Augmentation
I will share with you some pics from a case I performed today. I have a short video that I edited from a previous case but wanted to get this out tonight. This is a minimally invasive MVRepair in a...
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Minimally Invasive Anterior Leaflet Augmentation –“The Movie”
I have enclosed a link to a 14 minute video on an anterior leaflet augmentation performed via a minimally invasive approach. I have used bovine pericardium in all but one case in which I used...
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Mini Mitral Valve Surgery – Modified Technique for Atrial Lift Insertion
Over the years I have modified my technique for inserting the post for the atrial lift system. Believe it or not, patients were complaining about pain from this insertion site more than from the mini...
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Minimally Invasive MVRepair and Septal Myectomy
I truly believe that the easiest way to perform a septal myectomy is through the mitral valve. The majority of cases that have severe MR secondary to SAM and septal hypertrophy will have a small...
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Mini AVR or MVR – Assessing Access
When performing a minimally invasive AVR or MVR via a right mini-thoracotomy approach, assessing whether you are in the right interspace is sometimes questionable. Even after performing thousands of...
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Minimally Invasive MVRepair (Anterior Leaflet Augmentation) , Septal Myectomy
I have performed a total of 35 minimally invasive MVRepairs with an anterior leaflet augmentation for multiple different pathologies including rheumatic disease. severe MAC, radiation valvulopathy, and...
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