Mitral Valve Repair Center

Edwards Lifesciences Reconstructive Valve Virtual Symposium

Featuring a selection of live cases from the Mount Sinai Health System’s Reconstructive Valve Center, interactive case-based learning, and didactic lectures, the annual Reconstructive Valve Symposium’s aim is to improve patient outcomes by enriching surgeon knowledge in the complete spe...

ACC New York Cardiovascular Symposium

Learn about the year's seminal scientific papers from authors who directly contributed to the science. Gain insight about using this information in your daily practice as you listen to expert panelists discuss its real-world applications. Course Director Valentin Fuster, MD, PHD, MAC...

AATS Leadership Academy 2020

The AATS Leadership Academy provides participants with the administrative, interpersonal, and mentoring skills necessary to serve successfully as an academic cardiothoracic surgeon. The intensive, didactic, and interactive program gives up to 20 surgeons the opportunity to interact with...

JATS 2020 Symposium

Thursday, October 29, 2020 - JATS Edwards Symposium 7:50 am - Novel mitral repair strategies - Physio Flex - David H. Adams, MD Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 - JATS Medtronic Mitral Academy 7:30 am-7:40 am - Re-Do Mitral Valve Surgery - David H. Adams, MD

2021 AATS Annual Meeting

To create the best possible outcomes for cardiothoracic patients, surgeons must come together to have discussions, ask hard questions, hear new perspectives, and build on each other’s work. Save the date for the virtual AATS 101st Annual Meeting, featuring the Aortic Symposium and Mitr...

Risk factors for recurrence of aortic regurgitation after aortic valve repair

Vincent Chauvette, MD, Elbert E Williams, MD, Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD

Abstract In the past decade, the treatment of aortic regurgitation has evolved from a strategy focused mainly on valve replacement to one of valve repair (AVr). Nevertheless, AVr has yet to gain broad acceptance within the surgical community despite excellent reported results in select...

Review of frozen elephant trunk repair with the Thoraflex Hybrid device

Vincent Chauvette, MD, Maral Ouzounian, MD, Jennifer Chung, MD, Mark Peterson, MD, Munir Boodhwani, MD, Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, François Dagenais, MD, Matthew Valdis, MD, Michael W A Chu, MD

Abstract The frozen elephant trunk technique has revolutionized aortic arch repair to enable more extensive arch and descending thoracic aortic treatment in a single setting. We review the current evidence supporting the use of the Thoraflex Hybrid (Terumo Aortic, FL, USA) device and d...

Concepts of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair: A Review

Duvuru Ram, MD, Ismail Bouhout, MD, Irem Karliova, MD, Ulrich Schneider, MD, Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD,Hans-Joachim Schäfers, MD

Abstract Background: The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) frequently requires surgical intervention for aortic regurgitation (AR) and aneurysm. Valve-preserving surgery for BAV has evolved over the last 25 years. Methods: This review summarized experience in BAV repair with a special foc...

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Acute Aortic Dissections in New York: A Matter of Public Health

Ismail El-Hamamsy, Derek R Brinster, Joseph J DeRose, Leonard N Girardi, Kazuhiro Hisamoto, Mohammed N Imam, Shinobu Itagaki, Paul A Kurlansky, Christopher Lau, Samantha Nemeth, Mathew Williams, Benjamin A Youdelman, Hiroo Takayama

As of April 15, 2020, the number of confirmed coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases in New York City (NYC) was >110,000, thus making it the global epicenter of the pandemic (1). This rapid surge in the number of cases imposed a major burden on all hospitals in NYC, as well as cau...

The Evolving Role of Hybrid Arch Repair

Jennifer C-Y Chung, MD, MSc, Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD, Michael W. A. Chu, MD, MEd, Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD

Introduction The introduction of hybrid arch repair techniques as an alternative to purely open approaches has greatly facilitated the management of aortic arch and proximal descending thoracic aortic disease. Surgery on these aortic segments is challenging to address through either a ...