TY - JOUR
T1 - Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: State-of-the-art and our experience
AU - Fattouch, Khalil
AU - Del Giglio, Mauro
AU - Romano, Vito
AU - Coppola, Roberto
AU - Albertini, Alberto
AU - Spirito, Roberta
AU - Coppola, Roberto
AU - Nasso, Giuseppe
AU - Fattouch, Khalil
AU - Comoglio, Chiara
AU - Popoff, Georges
AU - Speziale, Giuseppe
AU - Gregorini, Renato
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/212041
UR - http://eurheartjsupp.oxfordjournals.org/
M3 - Article
VL - 17
SP - A49-A53
JO - European Heart Journal, Supplement
JF - European Heart Journal, Supplement
SN - 1520-765X
ER -