Minimally invasive mitral valve repair via right mini-thoracotomy in patient with myelodysplastic syndrome

Abstract Background Cardiac surgery for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients is challenging because anemia and neutropenia develop as a result of the syndrome, leading to infection and bleeding tendency during surgery. We report the case of minimally invasive mitral valve repair via a right mini-...

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Main Authors: Takura Taguchi, Hiroyuki Nishi, Kimihiro Kurose, Kohei Horikawa, Go Kanazawa, Toshiki Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-018-0730-9