Patrick Perier: The field of minimally invasive mitral valve repair today and where it is heading

Randolph Martin, MD, and Patrick Perier, MD, discuss the field of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. There is a group of surgeons specializing in endoscopic cardiac surgery and they have established the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club. The club connects experts in endoscopic surgery with surgeons who want to get started in the field. Dr. Perier discusses how he applies his training with Alain Carpentier by not compromising the techniques used during traditional sternotomy approach when using an endoscopic approach.

Patrick Perier, MD
Staff Surgeon, Cardiovascular Center Bad Neustadt

Randolph P. Martin, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

About the AATS Mitral Conclave:
David H. Adams, MD, and Anelechi C. Anyanwu, MD, serve as the Program Directors of the AATS Mitral Conclave – a meeting that Dr. Adams created with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery in 2011. The biennial meeting brings the world’s leading experts together to examine all aspects of mitral valve disease, associated conditions, and treatment. The meeting featured more than 350 presentations, 40 focused breakout or lunch sessions, combined with four main plenary sessions – with over 900 attendees from 52 countries.