Surgeon Q&A: Minimally-Invasive Congenital Heart Valve Surgery

Can congenital heart valve disease be treated with minimally invasive techniques? In this educational interview filmed at the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club in Cincinnati, Adam Pick speaks with Dr. Chris Malaisrie, a cardiac surgeon and minimally invasive aortic valve expert at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Malaisrie discusses if and when minimally invasive surgery can be performed for congenital heart valve disease. (Video posted on April 21, 2026)