Mitral Valve Repair Center

Yale School of Medicine Surgery Grand Rounds: William WL Glenn Lectureship

Speaker: David H. Adams, MD December 16, 2022 7:30 am About William WL Glenn William Wallace Lumpkin Glenn, M.D., world-renowned pioneer of cardiovascular surgery, died on March 10 at Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, New Hampshire at age 88. Using a pump made from ...

New York Transcatheter Valves

Structural heart disease refers to a defect in the heart’s valves, walls, or chambers. The most common types of structural heart disease are aortic valve disease, mitral valve disease, tricuspid and pulmonic valve disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease, such a...

Failure to Rescue: A Quality Metric for Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Critical Care

Caroline R Gross, David H Adams, Parth Patel, Robin Varghese

Abstract: Failure to rescue, defined as mortality following a surgical complication, is a widely accepted quality metric across many specialties and is becoming an important metric in cardiac surgery. The failure to rescue metric provides a target for improvements in patient outcomes a...

Plasma Renin Activity Increases With Cardiopulmonary Bypass and is Associated With Vasoplegia After Cardiac Surgery

Morgan L Montgomery, Caroline R Gross, Hung-Mo Lin, Yuxia Ouyang, Matthew A Levin, Holly E Corkill, Ahmed El-Eshmawi, David H Adams, Menachem M Weiner

In patients undergoing cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass, plasma renin activity increased postoperatively and remained elevated through postoperative day 2. Additionally, patients with vasoplegic syndrome after cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass had more robust elevations...

Research Opportunities in the Treatment of Mitral Valve Prolapse: JACC Expert Panel

Francesca N Delling, Peter A Noseworthy, David H Adams, et al.

Abstract In light of the adverse prognosis related to severe mitral regurgitation, heart failure, or sudden cardiac death in a subset of patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP), identifying those at higher risk is key. For the first time in decades, researchers have the means to rapi...

Current Indications for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in a Patient With Primary Mitral Regurgitation

Rebecca T Hahn, Vincent Chan, David H Adams

Surgical mitral valve repair for primary (degenerative) mitral regurgitation (MR) is associated with very low operative mortality and excellent long-term survival rates; it is a class I treatment option for symptomatic or asymptomatic patients in whom a successful (MR grade ≤1+), durabl...

Mitral valve surgery after failed transcatheter edge-to-edge repair: a review and word of caution

Ahmed El-Eshmawi, Ana Claudia Costa, Percy Boateng, Dimosthenis Pandis, Yonatan Israel, David H Adams, Gilbert H L Tang

Abstract Purpose of review As transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER) evolves and indications broaden to include younger and lower surgical risk patients, it is essential to understand TEER failure trends and potential impact on subsequent mitral valve surgery, especial...

2023 AATS Annual Meeting

The world's most prestigious thoracic surgery event. Grow your expertise, network with leading experts, and help build the future of thoracic surgery. AATS has more than 100 years of history in shaping the evolution of cardiothoracic surgery. Experts unite at the Annual Meeting which h...

2023 AATS Mitral Conclave

The Mitral Conclave meeting focuses on technical aspects of mitral valve repair and replacement in a variety of complex anatomic and patient settings. The world’s leading experts in mitral valve disease will provide key insights into how to achieve excellent outcomes through best practi...