Mitral Valve Repair Center

Rare beating heart transplant gives Charles Gomez, trailblazing Hispanic gay HIV-positive journalist, a new life

Emmy Award-winning reporter Charles Gomez's latest story comes with a twist: It's about the extraordinary heart transplant that saved his life. The 70 -year-old Manhattan man, sitting in the living room of his apartment, beamed with joy as he recounted his brush with mortality and event...

Anelechi Anyanwu, MD

Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Anelechi Anyanwu, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the Surgical Director for Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at the Mount Sinai Health System.

Dad-to-be learns he had a heart attack after days of ignoring symptoms: 'Thought I was healthy'

Baboolal works at Mount Sinai Health System, and his supervisor urged him to see a doctor. In addition to his shortness of breath, Baboolal’s blood pressure and pulse were elevated, and his primary care doctor told him to go to the emergency room at Mount Sinai Queens. Doctors ran tests...

2024 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 has...

100th Anniversary of Cutler's First Mitral Valvuloplasty at Brigham & Women's Hospital

This all-day event will promote the collaboration and interprofessional discussion regarding current innovative techniques and treatments. It will address the current debate surrounding approaches to the mitral valve: catheter-based procedures vs. open heart surgery. While there is some...

New York Cardiovascular Symposium 2023

This ACC flagship annual meeting offers its attendees the opportunity to experience dynamic education led by Course Director Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC and some of most prestigious names in cardiology.Saturday, December 92:20 – 3 pm Aortic Valvular Disease: Nine Diagnostic and Manag...

ACC.24 Scientific Sessions

From April 6 – 8, thousands of cardiovascular professionals from around the globe came together to debate and discuss practice-changing science and innovations. Whether you joined us in person or virtually, thank you for taking the time join us for ACC.24!Saturday, April 6Valve Repair a...

The 37th EACTS Annual Meeting

The EACTS Annual Meeting is renowned for its high-quality scientific programme featuring the latest science and breakthrough research and hot topic debates featuring global experts in the field. Friday, October 69:00 am MV - Spotlight on primary mitral valve regurgitation: Edge-to-edge ...

CRF New York Valves 2024

A stellar lineup of world-renowned leaders will unite the multidisciplinary heart team — interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, clinical cardiologists, cardiac imagers, and heart failure experts — for a collective impact on the future of heart care.Co-Program Director: David H....

2-Year Clinical and Echocardiography Follow-Up of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement With the Transapical Intrepid System

Vinayak Bapat, Eric Weiss, Sean Pinney, David H Adams, Angie Zhang , Michael Mack, Martin B Leon, et al.

AbstractBackgroundThirty-day outcomes with the investigational Intrepid transapical (TA) transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system have previously demonstrated good technical success, but longer-term outcomes in larger cohorts need to be evaluated.ObjectivesThe authors sought...