Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through right lateral minithoracotomy--early experience of Clinical Centre of University of Sarajevo.

Minimally invasive port-access mitral valve surgery.

OBJECTIVES This study evaluates the feasibility of video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery by means of the Port-Access system. The aim of the study was to minimize surgical access and to develop a video-assisted surgical technique. METHODS The Port-Access system allows for closed chest endoluminal aortic clamping, cardioplegic arrest, and decompression of the heart. The mitral ...

Minimally invasive mitral valve repair through a right minithoracotomy approach.

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York 10032, USA Correspondence to: Michael Argenziano, MD. Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 177 Fort Washington Ave, MHB 7GN-435, New York 1...

Minimally invasive mitral valve repair through right minithoracotomy in the setting of degenerative mitral regurgitation: early outcomes and long-term follow-up.

BACKGROUND Mitral valve (MV) repair is the gold standard for the treatment of degenerative MV regurgitation. Recently, minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has shown excellent postoperative outcomes compared with conventional surgery. The aim of our study is to report early and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing MIMVS through right mini-thoracotomy (RT) over an eight year peri...

Central aortic cannulation for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through right minithoracotomy.

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: An Update

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) was introduced in the mid-1990s to refer to a variety of surgical techniques that avoid full sternotomy through smaller or alternative chest wall incisions, as an attempt to reduce complications, but at the same time preserve outcomes of the full sternotomy approach. In this review, different aspects of MIMVS are discussed in relation to its appro...