Robotic mitral valve repair-the Bruxelles experience.

Background: Although the use of the surgical robot facilitates less invasive mitral valve surgery, both real and perceived limitations have slowed the application of this technology. Aim of the present investigation was to report the early and long-term results of robotic mitral valve repair in a single institution over a 10-year period.

Methods: Between March 2012 and May 2022, a total of 278 consecutive patients underwent robotically assisted mitral valve repair at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (Brussels, Belgium).

Robotic mitral valve repair: A single center experience over a 7-year period.

Background: We report the clinical and echocardiographic results of our experience in robotic mitral valve repair over a 7-year period. The outcomes of the earliest and the latest patients will be compared.

Methods: Between March 2012 and October 2019, 226 patients underwent robotic mitral valve repair for severe mitral regurgitation in a single institution.

Sutureless Valve in Repeated Aortic Valve Replacement: Results from an International Prospective Registry.

Objective: To report early and midterm results registry of patients undergoing repeated aortic valve replacement (RAVR) with sutureless prostheses from an international prospective registry (SURE-AVR).

Methods: Between March 2011 and June 2019, 69 patients underwent RAVR with self-expandable sutureless aortic bioprostheses at 22 international cardiac centers.

Results: Overall mortality was 2.

Structural and Functional Correlates of Gradient-Area Patterns in Severe Aortic Stenosis and Normal Ejection Fraction.

Objectives: The authors sought to characterize the functional and structural myocardial phenotypes of patients with moderate-to-severe aortic stenosis (AS) and to determine whether severe paradoxical low-gradient AS (LG-AS) is specifically associated with left ventricular (LV) remodeling and fibrosis.

Background: Recently, it was suggested that severe paradoxical LG-AS is a more advanced form of AS, with greater reduction of longitudinal deformation, adverse LV remodeling, and more interstitial fibrosis.

Methods: The study population includes 147 patients with moderate-to-severe AS and a normal LV ejection fraction, and 75 normal control subjects.

Aortic valve repair in endocarditis: scope and results.

Purpose: Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a prevalent and life-threatening disease. The choice to repair or replace the infected valve still remains a matter of debate, especially in aortic valve (AV) infections. We retrospectively analyze our two decades of experience in aortic valve repair (AVr) in IE.