Minimally invasive versus conventional sternotomy for Mitral valve repair: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UK Mini Mitral)

Introduction Numbers of patients undergoing mitral valve repair (MVr) surgery for severe mitral regurgitation have grown and will continue to rise. MVr is routinely performed via median sternotomy; however, there is a move towards less invasive surgical approaches.There is debate within the clinical...

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Main Authors: Richard Graham, Paul Modi, Enoch Akowuah, Joseph Zacharias, Luke Vale, Massimo Caputo, Serban Stoica, Max Baghai, Ranjit Deshpande, Olaf Wendler, Adetayo S Kasim, Malcolm Dalrymple-Hay, Clinton Lloyd, Vipin Zamvar, Gavin J Murphy, Hunaid A Vohra, Helen C Hancock, Rebecca H Maier, Andrew Goodwin, Antony Walker, Grzegorz Laskawski, Simon Kendall, Renzo Pessotto, Roberto Casula, Franco Ciulli, Gunaratnam Niranjan, Prakash P Punjabi, Leanne Marsay, Cristina Fernandez-Garcia, Bilal H Kirmani, Mark D Pullan, Andrew D Muir, Dimitrios Pousios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/4/e047676.full