Mitral Valve Replacement Under Video Assistance Through a Minithoracotomy

Minimally invasive techniques for mitral valve replacement offer an alternative for selected patients. In this report we present a woman with recurrent mitral valve stenosis, after mitral valve repair 10 years ago, who underwent mitral valve replacement through a minithoracotomy using stereo video a...

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Published in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 1150 - 1152
Main Authors:	Benetti, Federico J, Rizzardi, Jose Luis, Pire, Lelio, Polanco, Aldo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-04-1997 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Cardiopulmonary Bypass - methods Endoscopy - methods Female Humans Medical sciences Mitral Valve Stenosis - surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Thoracotomy - methods Tropical medicine Human Mitral valve Small dimension Prosthesis Video technique Cardiovascular disease Technical assistance Replacement Thoracotomy Result Cardiac valvular disease Surgery Female
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Summary:	Minimally invasive techniques for mitral valve replacement offer an alternative for selected patients. In this report we present a woman with recurrent mitral valve stenosis, after mitral valve repair 10 years ago, who underwent mitral valve replacement through a minithoracotomy using stereo video assistance in combination with direct vision. (Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:1150–2)
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01277-5