153 - LIVE DEMONSTRATION: TWO APPROACHES TO MINIMALLY-INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE REPAIR

Thursday, October 24, 2024

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT

Room: 205-207

Workshop Description: Drs. Victor Chu and Gianluigi Bisleri are high-volume mitral surgeons with different approaches to the mitral valve. Presentation and discussion will be followed by simulator-based live demonstration, providing participants with a firsthand look at the procedure, followed by hands-on training with Q&A.

Interactive and Engagement Activities Description: Instructional activities will consist of the following:
- Brief presentation from each surgeon about their approach to the mitral valve
- Interactive Q&A
- Live simulator-based demonstration
- Hands-on simulator-based training guided by these expert surgeons

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

describe the fundamental principles of mitral valve repair surgery;
define and describe the procedural steps of chordal transposition; and
compare and contrast two different approaches to mitral valve repair.

Disclosure(s):

Charlotte C. McEwen, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Adam Eqbal, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Gianluigi Bisleri, MD: Archetype Biomedical: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing); Atricure: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciencies: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker's Honoraria (Ongoing); Medtronic: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing)

Takhliq Amir, BHSc: No financial relationships to disclose

Dominique de Waard, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Chair(s)

Charlotte C. McEwen, MD

Cardiac Surgery Resident
CSCS
McMaster University

Co-Chair(s)

Adam Eqbal, MD (he/him/his)

Cardiac Surgery Resident
McMaster University
McMaster University

Presenter(s)

Gianluigi Bisleri, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
Victor Chu

Planning Committee Member(s)

Takhliq Amir, BHSc (she/her/hers)

Cardiac Surgery Resident
Dalhousie University
Dominique de Waard, MD

Cardiac Surgery Resident
CSCS
Dalhousie University
Abigail White, MD, PhD

Cardiac Surgery Resident
CSCS
University of Alberta