Minimally invasive approach for redo mitral valve replacement: no aortic cross-clamping and no cardioplegia

Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Apr;48(2):126-8. doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.2.126. Epub 2015 Apr 5.

Abstract

A 75-year-old woman who had previously undergone a double valve replacement was admitted to Asan Medical Center because of severe bioprosthetic mitral valve dysfunction and tricuspid regurgitation. Under hypothermic fibrillatory arrest without aortic cross-clamping, minimally invasive mitral and tricuspid valve surgery was performed via a right minithoracotomy.

Keywords: Aortic cross-clamping; Minimal invasive surgery; Mitral valve, replacement.

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