Feasibility, safety, and short-term outcome of totally thoracoscopic mitral valve procedure

Feasibility, safety, and short-term outcome of totally thoracoscopic mitral valve procedure

Abstract Background The totally thoracoscopic procedure for mitral valve (MV) disease is a minimally invasive method. We investigated the procedure’s feasibility, safety and effectiveness when it was performed by an experienced operator. Methods We retrospectively analysed 53 consecutive patients wi...

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Main Authors: Qin Jiang, Tao Yu, Keli Huang, Lihua Liu, Xiaoshen Zhang, Shengshou Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Minimally invasive surgical procedures
Thoracoscopy
Mitral valve
Cardiac surgical procedures
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-018-0819-1

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