Cardiac Surgery Crash Course – Valvular Disease

Does aortic stenosis cause a murmur? Should a regurgitating mitral valve be repaired or replaced? Answers to these common medical questions are only the beginning of this interactive teaching session aimed at clarifying heart valves and their diseases!

To identify the main valvular diseases, including signs and symptoms
To understand the management of valvular diseases, both medical and surgical
To understand the different techniques to surgically treating valvular diseases, including replace and repair and the types of valves