Key result
Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery techniques are reviewed regarding their historical development and clinical outcomes compared to a standard sternotomy approach.
Why the study?
Does minimally invasive mitral valve surgery improve clinical outcomes compared to a standard sternotomy approach?
Does minimally invasive mitral valve surgery improve clinical outcomes compared to a standard sternotomy approach?
This review describes the evolution and techniques of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery and compares its outcomes to standard sternotomy.
Minimally invasive mitral valve techniques may offer alternatives to sternotomy; review leaves open definitive outcome superiority without randomized data.
Surgical treatment of the mitral valve has evolved considerably since the 1920s. During the mid-1990s new approaches through small incisions have been proposed to access the mitral valve. We herein describe the evolution of mitral surgery, the development of minimally invasive mitral techniques and compare outcomes to a standard sternotomy approach.
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François Dagenais (2008) studied this question. Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery techniques are reviewed regarding their historical development and clinical outcomes compared to a standard sternotomy approach.
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