Review Articles
Aortic Valve Surgery: Minimally Invasive Options
Authors:
- Basel RamlawiEmail Basel Ramlawi
- Kareem Bedeir
- Joseph Lamelas
Abstract
Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery has not been adopted by a significant proportion of cardiac surgeons despite proven benefits. This may be related to a high learning curve and technical issues requiring retraining. In this review, we discuss the data for minimally invasive aortic valve surgery and describe our operative technique for both ministernotomy and anterior thoracotomy approaches. We also discuss the advent of novel sutureless valves and how these techniques compare to available transcatheter aortic valve procedures.
- Year: 2016
- Volume: 12 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 27-32
- DOI: 10.14797/mdcj-12-1-27
- Published on 1 Jan 2016
- Peer Reviewed