Minimal access reoperative mitral and aortic valve surgery

Curr Cardiol Rep. 2000 Nov;2(6):572-4. doi: 10.1007/s11886-000-0044-z.

Abstract

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery has allowed surgeons to perform valve procedures with a morbidity and mortality comparable with conventional resternotomy approaches while reducing postoperative ventilatory and intensive care unit requirements and overall hospital length of stay. Additionally, patient satisfaction with rapid recovery, earlier return to work, and improved cosmetic results has pushed the pendulum of reoperative valve surgery towards minimally invasive techniques. We reviewed our institutional data consisting of 129 patients requiring reoperative valve surgery over the past 4 years, which was accomplished using these minimally invasive approaches.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Valve / surgery*
  • Child
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / methods
  • Coronary Disease / surgery
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / mortality
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Prognosis
  • Reoperation
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome