Edge-to-edge repair: will it still be mainstream repair therapy in 2030?
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
MitraClip™: a step by step guide for surgeons
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement: latest advances and future directions
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mitral regurgitation remains the most common form of valve disease worldwide and given an aging population with a significant proportion of secondary mitral regurgitation, a transcatheter approach to mitral valve replacement has become a major goal of the transcatheter therapeutics field. Mitral regurgitation can be caused by disease of the leaflet...
Edge-to-edge repair: past challenge, current case selection and future advances
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Severe mitral regurgitation (MR) is associated with heart failure and impaired survival with an annual mortality risk in excess of 5% per year for unoperated patients. Despite availability of surgical mitral valve interventions, as many as half of all patients with severe MR do not receive interventions. Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair with Mitra...
Transseptal chordal replacement: early experience
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chordal replacement is a fundamental technique used in the surgical repair of primary mitral regurgitation, and can be an effective means of preserving the native valve without leaflet resection. Surgical chordal replacement can be challenging since it is performed on an open, non-beating heart, and choosing the correct chord length to restore the ...
Direct transcatheter mitral valve implantation in severe mitral annular calcification: technique and evidence
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chordal replacement: future surgical gold standard or first-line option as bridge to definitive therapy in primary mitra...
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
An updated meta-analysis of MitraClip versus surgery for mitral regurgitation
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Although studies demonstrate its feasibility, there is ongoing debate on the short and long-term outcomes of MitraClip versus surgical repair or mitral valve replacement (MVR). The objective of this meta-analysis is to compare the safety, morbidity, mortality and long-term function following MitraClip compared to MVR. Methods Articles we...
Imaging the mitral valve: a primer for the interventional surgeon
Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Transcatheter mitral valve interventions (TMVI) have evolved over the past decade as alternatives to open surgical repair for the therapeutic management of patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Concurrent with the development of these technologies, quality multi-modality cardiac imaging has become essential in patient selection and proced...
LAMPOON techniques to prevent or manage left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in transcatheter mitral valve replace...
...Published in Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is a therapeutic option for patients with severe mitral disease who are deemed inoperable due to their overall surgical risk. The close relationships between the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) and the anterior mitral valve leaflet can lead to LVOT obstruction, a common complication with high mort...
