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The basics of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease

Jose L. Pomar

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Steven Livesey

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Alain Berrebi

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Patrick Perier

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Daniel Pereda

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Gilles Dreyfus

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Marta Sitges

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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
The mitral annulus is 50% larger in diastole than in systole.
The anterior leaflet of the mitral valve has three scallops.
The SA node sits at the apex of the Triangle of Koch and can be damaged during tricuspid valve surgery.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
According pathophysiological triad, the term prolapse is:
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According pathophysiological triad, the term calcification is:
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About TEE in mitral valve reconstruction, all following items are true except one:
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
Which of the following should be part of the mitral valve analysis?
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Which of the following surgical accesses was not discussed?
Which of the following leaflet (or leaflet segments) is the most frequent type of mitral valve dysfunction?
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
When ischaemic mitral regurgitation develops after myocardial infarction, an anterior myocardial infarction is associated with worse ventricular function and more severe mitral regurgitation than an inferior myocardial infarction
The primary pathophysiology causing mitral regurgitation in functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation is annular dilatation.
Assessment of a mitral valve repair ids best done whilst weaning the patient from cardio-pulmonary bypass.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
In a SAM situation after a mitral valve repair
When you observe an echocardiographic suspicion of SAM in the OR
According to Carpentier, SAM results as a discrepancy between the amount of valvular tissue and the mitral valve orifice area. This may be due to:
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
If we treat only severe tricuspid regurgitation (and not less), we would only treat about which % of patients?
When treating the tricuspid valve, what should we be aware of?
Is the following statement true or false? Secondary TR patients die more of biological dysfunction than from RV dysfunction.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac surgery and valvular heart disease from the renowned experts who built the legacy of the Edwards Lifesciences MVT courses. Explore essential anatomy, imaging, surgical techniques, and management of specific conditions.
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Last updated: 5 Jan 2026

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