The Online Masterclass is my video course on minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) for cardiac surgeons. In six modules, I take you step by step from the anatomy of the mitral valve to building your own program:

1. Introduction, anatomy, physiology and pathology of the mitral valve
2. Preoperative diagnostics and patient selection
3. Techniques of mitral valve repair
4. Operative steps
5. Safeguards and pitfalls
6. Clinical practice

You get lifetime access. All video modules stay available to you, with no time limit. Return to any module before a case, or whenever you want to refresh a specific step of mitral valve repair.

The entire Online Masterclass is in English, so cardiac surgeons from around the world can follow every module.

You watch them right here on markusczesla.com. After your purchase, you receive a personal member account. Log in, and you will find every module of the Online Masterclass in the member area.

Yes. A dedicated module covers the preoperative workup: imaging of the chest, coronaries and peripheral vessels, the findings that are warning signs, a structured assessment of the mitral valve with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and guideline-based grading of mitral regurgitation.

I cover the core techniques of mitral valve repair, from ring annuloplasty and leaflet resection to chordal replacement and edge-to-edge repair, each matched to its lesion. The cases range from posterior leaflet prolapse to bileaflet prolapse and complex reconstructions. The groundwork comes first: primary (degenerative) and secondary (functional) mitral regurgitation and Carpentier's classification.

Yes. The focus is the mitral valve, but the same minimally invasive access opens up more. I also show tricuspid valve repair and replacement, atrial septal defect (ASD) closure and other intracardiac procedures as video case examples.