NIH CLINICAL CENTER GRAND ROUNDS
Episode 2011-21
Time: 01:00:00
Recorded June 1, 2011

New Imaging Approaches to Determining Morphology and Severity of Mitral Valve Disease
Vandana Sachdev, MD
Staff Clinician and Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, NHLBI

Surgical Approaches to Management of Mitral Valve Disease
Keith Horvath, MD
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program, NHLBI
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery, NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital

ANNOUNCER: Discussing Outstanding Science of the Past, Present and Future - this is NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds.

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Welcome to the NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds, recorded June 1st, 2011 at the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland—an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Our speakers today, both from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, will address will address mitral valve disease. Presenting first is Dr. Vandana Sachdev. Her topic is “New Imaging Approaches to Determining Morphology and Severity of Mitral Valve Diseases.” Dr. Keith Horvath will follow. His topic is “Surgical Approaches to Management of Mitral Valve Disease.”

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And now we take you to the Lipsett amphitheater at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda Maryland, for today’s presentation.

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