Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement with concomitant trans-aortic mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minimally invasive aortic valve procedures through a hemi-sternotomy or a right anterior mini-thoracotomy have gained popularity over the last several years. Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement (TEAVR) is an innovative and a less invasive (incision-wise) surgical aortic valve replacement technique. The operative steps of TEAVR have been reported previously from our group. Mitral regurgitation (MR) frequently accompanies aortic valve disease that at times may also require repair. Totally endoscopic surgery in such cases has not been tested.

Presentation of the technique

We present a surgical technique for a totally endoscopic approach to aortic valve replacement and concomitant mitral valve repair for primary and secondary MR. An aortotomy incision was used

SUBMITTER: Pitsis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8557064 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature