Long-term Outcomes of CMIV in Mitral valve patients
Dr. Ralph Damiano, a distinguished Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, MO joins the podcast to discuss his latest manuscript, highlighting the long-term outcomes of surgical ablation in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. Dr. Damiano is a true legend in our field and it was an absolute honor to speak with him and discuss his latest work! Does surgical ablation improve survival more than a LIMA-LAD? Listen to find out!!!
Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Mitral Valve Surgery is NOT benign!
Dr. Whitney Fu from the prestigious University of Michigan is the principal author of an outstanding paper recently published in JTCVS entitled, “Postoperative atrial fibrillation in mitral valve surgery is not benign.” We discuss the important findings of this very revealing paper and shed some light on the often under-appreciated entity of POAF and its detrimental effects on post-MVR patient outcomes.