Minimally invasive tricuspid valve surgery and concomitant MAZE procedure with closure of LA appendage through an ASD

Guohao Chang; Giap Swee Kang; Christos George Alexiou; Theodoros Kofidis

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3508

Minimally invasive tricuspid valve surgery and concomitant MAZE procedure with closure of LA appendage through an ASD

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov 11;9(1):251-255. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3508. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Guohao Chang¹, Giap Swee Kang¹, Christos George Alexiou², Theodoros Kofidis^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery National University Heart Centre Singapore Singapore.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery Interbalkan Medical Centre Thessaloniki Greece.
³ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore.

Abstract

Utilization of the ASD as a gateway to reach the left heart in tricuspid valve surgery may facilitate the use of a mini right thoracotomy and single atriotomy approach, avoiding the need for bi-atrial incisions and/or median sternotomy.

Keywords: MAZE procedure; atrial septal defect; minimally invasive.

Publication types

Case Reports