[ Ссылка ] - During this live webinar featuring Dr. Pavan Atluri, Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery at Penn Medicine Heart and Vascular Center, and Dr. Wilson Szeto, Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, patients learned the newest medical advances in heart valve repair surgery for aortic, mitral, tricuspid and pulmonary valve disorders. This special webinar was moderated by Adam Pick, the patient advocate who founded HeartValveSurgery.com in 2006.

Patient questions addressed during the webinar included:

1. What are the patient advantages and benefits of heart valve repair techniques compared to heart valve replacement?

2. Can heart valve repair operations return patients to a normal life expectancy?

3. Which type of heart valve disorders are repairable?

4. What are the newest advances for heart valve repair using robotic, minimally-invasive and transcatheter approaches?

5. What should patients know about new heart valve repair technologies that are in clinical trials?

At the end of the webinar, a live "Questions & Answers" enabled patients to ask their questions to Dr. Szeto and Dr. Atluri about heart valve repair surgery.

To learn more about each cardiac surgeon featured on the webinar:

Dr. Pavan Atluri - [ Ссылка ]

Dr. Wilson Szeto - [ Ссылка ]

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