Box 4

Scope and Contents

2 reels.

Tissue is removed from around the valve, and stitching around the valve keeps it open. A fabric replacement valve is inserted, and the incision is closed.

The sternum of the patient is opened, and circulation to the aortic valve is cut off. Sutures are attached to the perimeter of the valve, and the fabric replacement valve is inserted.

Scope and Contents

2 reels.

A tube is placed in the aortic valve to extract and drain blood. Damaged tissue is removed. The doctor attaches the ball valve to the aortic valve.

In the soundtrack for the original and prints of Aortic Valve, Dr. Morrow concludes that the patient had "pure aortic regurgitation" with some calcification and possibly stenosis.

Scope and Contents 4 reels.The operation takes place from the side of the torso. Circulation to the mitral valve is halted and the valve drained. Dr. Morrow removes the damaged tissue at the pulmonary artery and conducts a lateral thoracotomy. Damaged tissue is excised from the mitral valve, and the perimeter of the valve is stitched for the insertion of the Starr-Edwards Ball valve. Morrow states, "A better valve may be able to be produced with better research; this one is not...

Scope and Contents

1 reel.

The patient's chest is cleaned and then cut open. Tissue is removed from the aorta and is replaced by an artificial valve.

Scope and Contents

2 reels.

The artificial mitral valve is cleaned and then sewn into place. The valve is inspected, and sutures are used to repair gaps in the tissue around the artificial valve.

Scope and Contents

3 reels.

A-roll, B-roll, work print.

Sutures are inserted around the heart to hold back the surrounding muscle. The camera pans to the heart pump machine and then the congenital right atrial aneurysm. The damaged part of the artery is excised.

Scope and Contents

1 reel.

A shot of the mitral valve with damaged tissue shows it pulsing. The chest has a replacement valve with stiches.