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Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery
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: Received: 10 May 2023 / Approved: 11 May 2023 / Online: 11 May 2023 (14:00:03 CEST)
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Kirmani, B.H.; Akowuah, E. Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery. J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2023, 10, 281. Kirmani, B.H.; Akowuah, E. Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery. J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 2023, 10, 281.
Abstract
Minimally invasive approaches to the aortic valve have been described since 1993, with great hopes that they would become universal and facilitate day-case cardiac surgery. The literature has shown that these procedures can be undertaken with equivalent mortality, similar operative time, comparative cost and some benefits in hospital length of stay. The competing efforts of the transcatheter aortic valve implantation for these same outcomes have provided an excellent range of treatment options for patients from the Heart Team. We describe the current state of the art, including technical considerations, caveats and complications of minimal access aortic surgery and predict future directions in this space.
Keywords
minimally invasive; aortic valve; surgery
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
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