The Mount Sinai Hospital The Mitral Foundation

  • Master Techniques in Surgery: Cardiac Surgery

    Chapter 16: Mitral Valve Repair, Javier G. Castillo, MD and David H. Adams, MD

    Mitral Valve Repair. In Frederik L. Grover and Michael Mack (eds) 1st Edition. Chapter 16:173-187. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016.

    May 19, 2016 | LWW

  • Endocrine Surgery 2nd Edition

    Chapter 46: Serotonin-Induced Heart Valve Disease, Javier G. Castillo, MD, and David H. Adams, MD

    Serotonin-Induced Heart Valve Disease. In Arthur E. Schwartz, Demetrius Pertsemlidis and Michael Gagner (eds) Endocrine Surgery 2nd Edition. Chapter 46:607-616. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2017.

    June 01, 2017 | CRC Press

  • Intra-operative Assessment of Repair

    The quality of the repair should first be evaluated after tying the ring sutures. Saline is injected into the ventricular cavity through the mitral valve. A symmetrical line of coaptation, parallel to the posterior part of the ring, with a normal ¾ to ¼ ratio of anterior to posterior leaflet within the orifice should be confirmed. An asymmetrical line of coaptation suggests the presence of residua...

  • Carpentier-Edwards Physio II - First Implantation

    OPERATION: Complex Barlow Mitral Valve Repair (P2 Resection with Detachment of P2 and Residual P1; Vertical and Horizontal Compression Followed by Sliding Plasty; Posterior Leaflet Flip to Correct A2 Prolapse and Reinforce P2 Repair; True Size 34 mm Carpentier-Edwards Physio II Ring)(Length: 8:09)New York, NY, February 23, 2009 -- David H. Adams, MD, Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Professor and C...

  • Edwards Lifesciences Launches Carpentier-Edwards Physio II

    David H. Adams, MD, implanting the first Carpentier-Edwards Physio II ringIRVINE, CA, January 26, 2009 -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the world leader in the science of heart valves, announced that the company is launching the Carpentier-Edwards Physio II mitral valve repair ring at the 45th annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) in San Francisco. The new therapy...