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The UVA Structural Heart Disease Team recently performed three live cases that were broadcast to a worldwide Cardiovascular Research Foundation conference in Miami, Florida, in July.

“A live case is one in which the procedure is broadcast in real-time while the physicians are operating,” says Nishtha Sodhi, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCAI, Medical Director of the UVA Advanced Cardiac Valve Center. “The audience is other physicians who are engaged in discussion and procedural education. These may be clinical trial cases or new techniques that serve to guide other physicians on new technology, devices, and procedural therapies for patients.”

The conference had in-person attendees and was also broadcast live around the globe. The hospitals selected to perform the live cases were chosen based on high levels of expertise, says Dr. Sodhi.

“The Transcatheter Valve Therapeutics Conference is the premier annual international conference for structural heart disease,” says Dr. Sodhi. “UVA was selected as one of 10 hospitals worldwide to perform live cases for this conference, and we are honored.”

The UVA team, including members of Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, performed the following live cases:

• Transcatheter mitral valve replacement as part of the TENDYNE Clinical Trial | Performed by: Nishtha Sodhi, MD; Leora Yarboro, MD; Scott Lim, MD; Dale Fowler, MD
• Transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair with the PASCAL system as part of the CLASP Clinical Trial | Performed by: Nishtha Sodhi, MD; Scott Lim, MD; Dale Fowler, MD
• Transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair with the MitraClip system as part of the CLASP Clinical Trial | Performed by: Nishtha Sodhi, MD; Scott Lim, MD; Dale Fowler, MD

These clinical trials are testing new minimally invasive procedures as alternatives to traditional open-heart surgery. UVA is a leading clinical trial research site with many different transcatheter trials available for patients.

Congratulations on this honor, UVA Structural Heart Disease Team!