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AATS Mitral Conclave Thought Leaders Interviews
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2019 AATS Mitral Conclave Thought Leaders
2017 AATS Mitral Conclave Thought Leaders
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Visiting Professor Education Series
Innovation and Surgical Simulation
Roundtable Discussions
Teaching Library
Reconstructive Valve Surgery Workshops
Stanley Schlesinger Scholarship
2017 AATS Mitral Conclave Thought Leaders
David H. Adams: Closing Remarks
Pedro del Nido: Pros and Cons in Valve Choice for Teens and Young Adults
Patrick Perier: Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Jean Francois Obadia: Trans-apical Off-pump Mitral Valve Repair
Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr: The Future of Mitral Valve Repair
Martin B. Leon: Transcatheter Mitral Approach
Gilles D. Dreyfus: Timing for Repair of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation
Robert Dion: How to Treat Secondary Mitral Regurgitation
Tirone E. David: Timing for Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation Repair
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Michael Dale: Abbott
Taweesak Chotivatanapong: Worldwide Burden of Rheumatic Disease
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.: Management of the Left Atrial Appendage
Jo Chikwe: When to Repair Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation
Michael A. Borger: Differences between Mitral Valve Treatment in the United States versus Europe
Robert Bonow: Management of Mitral Valve Regurgitation Patients
Donald E. Bobo, Jr.: Edwards Lifesciences
Ottavio R. Alfieri: Philosophical Approach to Mitral Valve Reconstruction
David H. Adams: The Mitral Conclave
