Our results show that totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement has comparable clinical results compared to aortic valve replacement through mini-sternotomy.
We sought to evaluate clinical, anatomic, and echocardiographic characteristics of patients who failed TMVR screening at our institution and compared clinical outcomes between patients undergoing MV surgery or TEER vs. those receiving GDMT alone.
A right minithoracotomy (RMT) is a minimally invasive surgical approach that has been increasingly performed for the concomitant Cox maze IV procedure (CMP) and mitral valve surgery (MVS).
In a randomized trial comparing thoracoscopically-guided minithoracotomy with median sternotomy for mitral valve repair in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation, minithoracotomy was not found to be superior to sternotomy in terms of recovery of physical function at 12 weeks. Both techniques showed similar high rates of valve repair quality and safety outcomes at 1 year, providing evidence to inform treatment guidelines and shared decision-making.
