Our high-fidelity mitral simulator has been used in the following courses
Since November 2015, 19 courses EACTS ENDOSCOPIC PORT-ACCESS MITRAL VALVE REPAIR DRYLAB TRAINING USING HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATORS, Emtrac, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Maastricht Mitral Masters, Webinar on minimally invasive mitral valve surgery with Live-Surgery, 24 January 2021.
Club Neochord International Meeting, 28-29 October 2019, Emtrac, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
EACTS course of minimally invasive techniques in adult cardiac surgery, 27-28 June 2019, Frankfurt, Germany.
Edwards ENDOSCOPIC MITRAL VALVE REPAIR TRAINING, 13-14 May 2019, Emtrac, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), 27 January 2019, STS University, course 9.
Congresso SPCCTV (Portugese annual meeting), 23-25 November 2018, 23 November during the course on endoscopic mitral valve repair.
EACTS course of minimally invasive techniques in adult cardiac surgery, 26-28 June 2018, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
4th Mitral Valve Meeting, Simulation Training for Mitral, 24-27 February 2018, Zürich, Switzerland.
New Horizon in Cardiac Surgery, 1-2 September 2017, Seoul, South-Korea.
EACTS course of minimally invasive techniques in adult cardiac surgery, 20-22 June 2017, Warsaw, Poland.
EACTS course of minimally invasive techniques in adult cardiac surgery, 7-9 June 2016, Berlin, Germany.
EACTS Middle East Symposium in minimally invasive techniques in adult cardiac surgery, 9-11 September 2015, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran, Iran.
EACTS course of minimally invasive techniques in adult cardiac surgery, 23-25 June 2014, MUMC and MECC, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Publications related to simulator and services
Sardari Nia P, Daemen JHT, Maessen JG. Development of a high-fidelity minimally invasive mitral valve surgery simulator. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Apr. Visit here
Sardari Nia P, Heuts S, Daemen JHT, Olsthoorn JR, Chitwood WR, Maessen JG. The EACTS simulation-based training course for endoscopic mitral valve repair: an air-pilot training concept in action. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 May 1. Visit here
Daemen JHT, Heuts S, Olsthoorn JR, Maessen JG, Sardari Nia P. Mitral valve modelling and three-dimensional printing for planning and simulation of mitral valve repair. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Mar 1. Visit here
Sardari Nia P, Olsthoorn J, Heuts S, Maessen J. Suturing map for endoscopic mitral valve repair developed on high-fidelity endoscopic simulator. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Jul 26. Visit here
Man J, Maessen J, Sardari Nia P. The development of a flexible heart model for simulation-based training. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2021 Jan 22. Visit here
Sardari Nia P, Heuts S, Daemen J, Luyten P, Vainer J, Hoorntje J, Cheriex E, Maessen J. Preoperative planning with three-dimensional reconstruction of patient's anatomy, rapid prototyping and simulation for endoscopic mitral valve repair. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Feb 1. Visit here
Heuts S, Daemen JHT, Streukens SAF, Olsthoorn JR, Vainer J, Cheriex EC, Maessen JG, Sardari Nia P. Preoperative Planning of Transapical Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair for Safe Adaptation in Clinical Practice. Innovations (Phila). 2018 May/Jun. Visit here
Heuts S, Maessen JG, Sardari Nia P. Preoperative planning of left-sided valve surgery with 3D computed tomography reconstruction models: sternotomy or a minimally invasive approach? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2016 May. Visit here
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