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Mario Castillo-Sang
Saint Elizabeth Healthcare
Edgewood, USA
Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Cub Inaugural Forum - Thessaloniki
- ECS beating heart or fibrillating -
This talk is part of a series of video excerpts from our meeting in September 2022
Management of a denuded posterior mitral valve annulus during decalcification for mitral annular calcification or debridement of an abscess can be challenging. This video shows the successful technique to use the anterior mitral valve leaflet as a posterior annular patch
Severe Mitral annular calcification is traditionally a contraindication to an endoscopic approach. Dr Castillo-Sang, from Saint Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Kentucky USA, uses a Cavitron device to decalcify and insert an artificial valve very elegantly
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