title: Minimally invasive mitral valve repair using transthoracic aortic occlusion.
abstract: This report describes a minimally invasive mitral valve repair done through a limited (6-cm) thoracic incision. The patient was supported by peripheral extracorporeal perfusion with cardiac arrest established using a new transthoracic aortic cross-clamp and antegrade blood cardioplegia. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 3 with minimal pain. This less invasive approach to mitral valve surgery may offer combined advantages to patients by increasing comfort, expediting recovery, and decreasing surgical costs by using modified traditional methods compared with specialized intraaortic occlusive balloons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA. chitwood@brody.med.ecu.edu
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Chitwood
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Elbeery
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003250:Constriction; D005260:Female; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*