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Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: State-of-the-art and our experience
Giuseppe SpezialeKhalil FattouchRenato GregoriniRoberto CoppolaChiara ComoglioAlberto AlbertiniGiuseppe NassoGeorges PopoffVito RomanoRoberta SpiritoMauro Del Gigliosubject
medicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryMitral repairmedicine.medical_treatmentConventional surgeryLess invasiveMinimally invasive cardiac surgerySurgerymedicine.anatomical_structureMinimally invasive cardiac surgery; Minimally invasive mitral valve repair; Mitral; Mitral repair; Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCardiac Surgery proceduresMitralLaparotomyMitral valvemedicineMinimally invasive cardiac surgeryMitral Valve DisorderMinimally invasive mitral valve repairCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessMitral valve surgerydescription
The minimally invasive approach is becoming the standard-of-care for surgery of the mitral valve. As any less invasive strategy, it entails an increased surgical complexity. Standard-of-care mitral repair using the totally videoscopic approach is indeed reproducible; however, few specific data on patients with complex mitral valve disease are available in the published literature. The purpose of the present paper is to provide an overview of the current state-of-the-art in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and a summary of recent evidence on the topic, with particular regard to the surgical techniques and comparisons with conventional surgery. The experience of the GVM Care and Research network in the field is also briefly reported.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-01 |