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Transventricular and transaortic approaches provide viable alternative exposures for mitral valve repair during concomitant ventricular surgery or aortic valve endocarditis.
This review details the technical considerations and advantages of alternative exposures, such as transventricular and transaortic approaches, for mitral valve repair.
May serve as alternatives in select concomitant cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before wider use.
Unique situations arise in which alternative exposures for mitral valve surgery offer distinct advantages over traditional approaches. Each exposure facilitates both mitral valve repair and replacement, although the standard repair procedures must be modified to accommodate these non-traditional exposures. Here, we detail the technical considerations required to perform transventricular and transaortic mitral valve repair as well as discuss the advantages for employing these less conventional approaches.
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Goldstone et al. (2015) conducted a review in Mitral regurgitation. Transventricular and transaortic mitral valve repair was evaluated. Transventricular and transaortic approaches provide viable alternative exposures for mitral valve repair during concomitant ventricular surgery or aortic valve endocarditis.
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