Published on July 23, 2017
On December 5, 2006, cardiac surgeon, Jamie Brown, M.D., an associate professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will present a webcast of a minimally-invasive aortic valve replacement from the University of Maryland Heart Center in Baltimore.
The aortic valve separates the heart’s left ventricle from the rest of the body. Because it functions in the high pressure system it needs to function well, allowing blood out of the heart but at the same time preventing blood from traveling backwards. When the aortic valve is blocked, a patient is diagnosed with aortic stenosis. In severe cases of this condition, the aortic valve needs to be replaced or the heart will fail.
When a…
