UCSF 2019 Heart & Vascular Symposium

Excellence in heart and vascular services

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Mostly Benign, Sometimes Lethal Video

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Mostly Benign, Sometimes Lethal

Theodore Abraham, MD, discusses hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a common inherited heart disease that is usually benign, but can be fatal in up to 10 percent of cases.
Theodore Abraham, MD, FACC, FASE

Theodore Abraham, MD, FACC, FASE

Cardiologist
Co-director, UCSF Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence
Director, UCSF Adult Cardiac Echocardiography Laboratory
Redefining Sudden Cardiac Death Video

Redefining Sudden Cardiac Death

Zian H. Tseng, MD, discusses the conclusions of the UCSF Prospective Countywide Surveillance and Autopsy Characterization of Sudden Cardiac Death (POST SCD) Study.
Zian H. Tseng, MD

Zian H. Tseng, MD

Cardiologist and electrophysiologist

Minimally-Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Video

Minimally-Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

Tobias Deuse, MD, discusses the advantages of minimally invasive approaches for the treatment of mitral valve insufficiency.
Tobias Deuse, MD

Tobias Deuse, MD

Cardiac and transplant surgeon
Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapies: Transformative Technology in Health Care Video

Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapies: Transformative Technology in Health Care

Vaikom Mahadevan, MD, discusses the history of transcatheter valve implants and their advantages, including less risk, less blood loss and shorter hospital stays.

Limb Preservation for Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Video

Limb Preservation for Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Michael S. Conte, MD, provides an overview of the various noncardiac and extracranial blood vessel conditions treated by the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery.
Michael S. Conte, MD

Michael S. Conte, MD

Co-director, Heart & Vascular Center
Vascular surgeon