Mitral Valve Repair Center

AATS Mitral Conclave Workshop

Shanghai, China

The AATS Mitral Conclave Workshop is a product of the partnership between the AATS Foundation and the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation. This is part of the Every Heartbeat Matters initiative grant awarded to the AATS Foundation, which aims to impact the global burden of heart valve disea...

Transapical NeoChord mitral valve repair

Andrea Colli, MD, David Adams, MD, Alessandro Fiocco, MD, Nicola Pradegan, MD, Lorenzo Longinotti, MD, Matteo Nadali, MD, Dimosthenis Pandis, MD, Gino Gerosa, MD

Transapical off-pump mitral valve repair (MVr) with NeoChord implantation has become widely applied in Europe for patients presenting with severe mitral regurgitation due to leaflet prolapse or flail. The procedure is performed under real-time 2D- and 3D-transesophageal echocardiography...

How Two Cardiac Experts Teamed Up to Save One Teen's Heart

For 13-year-old Chelsea Polanco, it took a unique collaboration between a pediatric cardiac surgeon and a cardiac expert on the adult side to save her heart—and her life. When Chelsea came to Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital with signs of mitral valve dysfunction, inclu...

ACC.19

New Orleans, LA

The 68th American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session & Expo will be held March 16-18 in New Orleans. This annual meeting is an event for industry leading cardiovascular professionals to network, discuss industry trends and learn new techniques.Innovative education, ground-...

2019 AATS Mitral Conclave

New York, NY

The 2019 AATS Mitral Conclave continues its tradition as the benchmark meeting in the field of mitral valve disease. The faculty includes over 70 international leaders in the field, and the program features over 200 invited or submitted lectures, abstracts, and video presentations. Dur...

AATS 99th Annual Meeting 2019

Toronto, Canada

The new meeting structure for the AATS 99th Annual Meeting will feature over 100 specialized parallel breakout sessions over the 3 1/2 days where every major topic in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery will be explored in a "deep dive" format. The majority of these sessions will featu...

The Mount Sinai Hospital Awarded Highest Quality Rating for Adult Cardiac Valve Surgery

Mount Sinai’s Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief also receives top rating

The New York State Department of Health awarded The Mount Sinai Hospital its highest quality rating for adult cardiac valve surgery in 2019. David H. Adams, MD, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief and Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery at Mount Sinai Health System, also received the highest qualit...

Young Harlem hoopster and activist back in the lineup after life-saving heart surgery

By Molly Crane-Newman and Larry McShane

Shamel Thompson at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. (Angus Mordant/for New York Daily News) At the age of 21, the clock was already winding down for hoops-loving Shamel Thompson. The avid Harlem basketball player, diagnosed in 2014 with Lupus and heart disease, received a...