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The MAVID heart holder: a demonstration device to anchor cadaver hearts for surgical simulation and practical education*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2015

Constantine Mavroudis ,
Rachid Idriss  and
Kristen E. Klaus
Constantine Mavroudis*
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Children’s Heart Surgery, Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Rachid Idriss
Affiliation:
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Kristen E. Klaus
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Children’s Heart Surgery, Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr. C. Mavroudis, MD, Johns Hopkins Children’s Heart Surgery, Florida Hospital for Children, 2501 N Orange Ave, Suite 540, Orlando, FL 32804, United States of America. Tel: 407 303 3697; Fax: 407 303 3634; E-mail: constantine.mavroudis.md@flhosp.org
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Abstract

Performing open heart surgery involves learning challenging techniques and a need for realistic training models to achieve and maintain a high level of surgical skills. The MAVID heart holder is an organ holder primarily designed to hold the heart in its anatomic position for the purpose of surgical simulation and education, thereby closing the gap between surgical performance in the laboratory and in the operating room. The device is simple to use, can be adjusted to organ size, and has the necessary instrumentation to be used with any solid organ. The MAVID heart holder also provides a platform for presentation and assists in advancing the research sphere. The advantage over other existing models is that the MAVID heart holder uses real tissue and does not distort the organ at the attachment sites. Further, it offers superior stability as well as the ability to manipulate the organ during presentation and dissection. Training with the MAVID heart holder has the potential to shorten training time to acquire surgical skills and proficiency before performing these techniques in the operating room and in so doing enhance patient safety.

Keywords

Surgical trainingsurgical proficiencysolid organ simulation
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 8: HeartWeek 2015 , December 2015 , pp. 1626 - 1630
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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Footnotes

*

Presented at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute 15th Annual International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America, Friday 6 February, 2015 to Monday 9 February, 2015.

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