Heart Surgery 101, with Dr. Oz

Some people forget that when I'm not on Oprah, I'm a practicing heart surgeon. I had an assistant shoot this video of me and my team repairing a patient's mitral valve. The mitral valve is on the left side of the heart, where blood comes in from the lungs and gets pumped out to the rest of the body. When the valve doesn't work, as in this patient, blood flows backward into the lungs... a big problem. Hope you enjoy, and be sure to check out "The Dr. Oz Show," starting Sept 14.

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• heart
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• mitral
• valve
• dr.
• mehmet
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[steezygreasybacon]

like this if u r like me and wanna be a cardiovascular surgeon when u grow up :)

[2bleavin]

Dr Oz rocks!

[Dragonegro77]

cool....n.n

[davidshon07]

Actually it is the mitral valve. If you look it up, it gives the false appearance of 3 cusps but actually only has two!

[AirForceJROTCchick]

its the mitral valve... if it isn't then what is it? (Medical student studying to be a cardiothoracic surgeon)

[trudej47]

that actually is the mitral valve people!

[GOOBLE07]

lol, im a second year pharmacy student and even i know that's not the mitral valve

[Nigga33Nigga33]

That's not the mitral valve...

[LoveLucia77]

Wish you would have showed more. :)

[alfalfasprouts14]

Simple.

[turtleman5551]

hahahahahhaha " that's all there is too it"

they must just party the rest of the med school / residency years I hope that's how easy med school is for me

[link2swim06]

@achams123 or the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve looks damaged, hence the needed repair...regardless it still looks like two valves to me, but what do I know, I am just a med student...