Minimally Invasive Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair in a Patient With Connective Tissue Disease at Prohibitive Risk for Redo Sternotomy.

ABSTRACT: Sternal reentry when the ascending aorta is adherent to the posterior table of the sternum is associated with substantial risk. A minimally invasive right thoracotomy beating heart approach is an alternative when the aorta cannot be cross-clamped. This report details this technique for a complex reoperative mitral valve repair procedure performed in a patient with connective tissue disease who had required multiple aortic operations and presented with heart failure and severe functional mitral regurgitation.

SUBMITTER: Fatehi Hassanabad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9809074 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature