Mitral Valve Repair Center

2020 AATS Annual Meeting

Virtual Meeting

The AATS 100th Annual Meeting took place on a virtual platform May 22-23, 2020, and provided cardiothoracic surgery professionals around the world with complimentary access to some of the most exciting research, education, and science in the field. This virtual program allowed AATS the ...

Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse: JACC Review Topic of the Week

Marc A. Miller, MD, Srinivas R. Dukkipati, MD, Mohit Turagam, MD, Steve L. Liao, MD, David H.Adams, MD, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD

Abstract There is an increasing awareness of the association between mitral valve prolapse and sudden cardiac death. There are several clinical risk factors associated with an increased risk of mitral valve prolapse–related sudden cardiac death, most of which can be evaluated with noni...

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...

Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding prosthesis

David H. Adams, M.D., Jeffrey J. Popma, M.D., Michael J. Reardon, M.D., Steven J. Yakubov, M.D., Joseph S. Coselli, M.D., G. Michael Deeb, M.D., Thomas G. Gleason, M.D., Maurice Buchbinder, M.D., James Hermiller, Jr., M.D., Neal S. Kleiman, M.D., et al.

Background We compared transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), using a self-expanding transcatheter aortic-valve bioprosthesis, with surgical aortic-valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis and an increased risk of death during surgery. Methods We recruited pa...

American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Maintaining the mission during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Marc R Moon, MD, David R Jones, MD, David H Adams, MD, Vaughn A Starnes, MD

These are unprecedented times—or are they? For our generation of cardiothoracic surgeons, the answer is clear. We have never experienced anything this disruptive in our lives. But for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), maybe not so much. This is not the first time the...

The Ross Procedure in Children Undergoing Reintervention: Another Victory for Nonthrombogenic Surgery

Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, Paul Stelzer, MD, David H Adams, MD

Aortic valve (AV) surgery in children presents many unique challenges, including preserving the potential for somatic growth, maximizing valve durability, and, most importantly, preserving very long anticipated life expectancy and quality of life. Current mainstream options include ball...

Risk Assessment in Patients With Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: MELD and Beyond

Ali N. Zaidi, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Cardio-hepatorenal interactions have been a focus of attention in heart failure for many years, and the model of end-stage liver disease (MELD) and its variations, including the MELD-XI, have been useful for prediction of poor outcome in adult patients with decompensated heart failure (...

The Mitral Valve in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Other Side of the Outflow Tract

Mark V. Sherrid, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Mitral valve and papillary muscle abnormalities are common in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients and contribute to systolic anterior motion (SAM) and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction (1,2). The necessary conditions for SAM are anterior position of the mitral val...

Noncontrast Nephropathy After Percutaneous Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair

George D. Dangas, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Deterioration in renal function after interventional cardiac procedures has been identified not only as a procedural complication, but also as an important risk for subsequent mortality (1). Because the bulk of the early observations stemmed from iodinated contrast percutaneous procedur...

AATS at EACTS 2020

AATS is partnering with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) for the first ever AATS/EACTS Session at the 34th EACTS Annual Meeting. Held on Saturday, October 10, the AATS @ EACTS Session, moderated by Drs. Bruce Keogh and Douglas Wood, will feature AATS leader p...