Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery in a heterogeneous valve pathology cohort: respect or resect?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIV) through a right lateral thoracotomy has become the standard of care at specialized centers and might soon will be the only acceptable surgical treatment option in the future era of interventional procedures. The aim of our study was to analyze the outcomes of our MIV-specialized, single-center, mixed valve pathology cohort with regard to morbidity, mortality and midterm outcomes comparing two different repair techniques (respect versus resect).

Methods

Baseline and operative variables, postoperative outcomes and follow-up information about survival, valve competence and freedom from reoperation were retrospectively collected and analyzed. The repair cohort was divided into three groups (resection, neo-chordae and both)

SUBMITTER: Passos L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10323544 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature