Early and long-term results of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through a right mini-thoracotomy approach: a retrospective propensity-score matched analysis

Background Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MVS) via right mini-thoracotomy has recently attracted a lot of attention. Minimally invasive MVS shows postoperative results that are comparable to those of conventional MVS through the median sternotomy as per various earlier studies. Methods Bet...

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Main Authors: Sabreen Mkalaluh, Marcin Szczechowicz, Bashar Dib, Anton Sabashnikov, Gabor Szabo, Matthias Karck, Alexander Weymann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4810.pdf