Mitral Valve Repair Center

Electrical Storm After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Diagnosing and Treating the Trigger

Morgan L. Montgomery, MD, Mehdi Oloomi, MD, Ahmed El-Eshmawi, MD, David H. Adams, MD

PATIENTS WITH coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction are at risk for cardiac arrest after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. In fact, the highest risk of cardiac arrest is in the first 3 months after CABG, and the most common mechanism for cardiac arrest i...

A complexity scoring system for degenerative mitral valve repair

Anelechi C. Anyanwu, MD, Shinobu Itagaki, MD, Joanna Chikwe, MD, Ahmed El-Eshmawi, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Objective To develop a score to allow stratification of complexity in degenerative mitral valve repair. Methods Retrospective modeling of data from 668 consecutive patients who underwent surgery for mitral valve prolapse. A complexity scoring scale was developed using a consensus app...

Mount Sinai Researchers Present New Data at Cardiothoracic Association Meeting

At the first plenary session of the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery in San Diego, Mount Sinai’s Joanna Chikwe, MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and David H. Adams, MD, presented a research study examin...

Two Mount Sinai Hospitals Work as One to Save a Life

When 24-year-old Andrea Giraldo arrived in New York City from Miami to ring in 2018 with friends in the East Village, she had no idea how gravely ill she would soon become. Her ordeal began with terrible leg pain, which sent Ms. Giraldo to a New York City hospital that is not affiliate...

Tricuspid valve surgery: repair and replacement

Ahmed El-Eshmawi, MD, Dimosthenis Pandis, MD, David H. Adams, MD, Gilbert H. Tang, MD

The tricuspid valve has historically received less attention than any other cardiac valve with regard to pathophysiology and surgical management. The tricuspid valve is part of a complex functional apparatus that includes the right atrium, right ventricle, and pulmonary circulation. Fun...