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As one of the pioneers in the field, Dr. Van Praet will be present at the 6th Annual Conference and Workshop of the Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of India (SMICTSI) to be held on 2nd & 3rd of September 2022.   Intro to the event: Exciting strides have been made in…
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Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists join forces to make the difference in patient care​ We should not confront the patient with the world of cardiologists and cardio surgeons: most people do not even know the difference between the two disciplines”, say cardio surgeon Frank Van Praet and cardiologist Eric Wyffels. “That is why we are now tackling…
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The cardiac team of the OLV clinic explains how they react and adapt to the changing environments in healthcare and technology and how they responded to the COVID-19 crisis.  Read the annual report here >>

The Hindu Newspaper writes about doctors at Apollo Hospitals who performed a minimally invasive robotic hybrid revascularisation surgery to treat blockages in two major blood vessels of a 63-year-old patient. The procedure was a combination of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery with robotic assistance, followed by a stenting procedure. This, according to…
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During the Week of the Heart a dutch documentary was made, stretching the importance of prevention and screening. It highlights once more the significant role of the OLV Clinic Aalst, Belgium, in the development of optimal state-of-the-art surgical solution for their patients. This video broadcast Dr. Frank Van Praet during a succesfull medical intervention. https://vimeo.com/363513999

The cardiac team of the OLV clinic explains how they react and adapt to the changing environments in healthcare and technology.  Download the annual report here: OLV Hartcentrum Jaarverslag 2018-2019

Registrations for November and December are open. Thanks to the success, we planned 2 new dates for the Aalst Hands-on Cadaveric Endoscopic Mitral Valve Course. Find out more: click here.

In this four days human cadaveric truly hands-on course I want to prepare participants to be really ready to start an endoscopic mitral valve program. In more than twenty years of teaching and guiding surgeons by case-observation and later proctoring I have been a personal witness of the huge gap between being a good surgeon,…
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Med. scientific information for professional healthcare providers and surgeons, including an article about how Dr. Frank Van Praet and his team, by close collaboration with the cardiologists, discuss the best strategy for their patients.  Read the magazine in PDF here: OLV Inside Out – Dec. 2017