title: Early experience of minimally invasive valve surgery.
abstract: In this paper we report on our early results of minimally invasive cardiac valve surgery. A series of 6 consecutive patients with valvular disease underwent valve repair and valve replacement via a right parasternal incision; aortic valve replacement 3, mitral valve replacement 1, mitral valve repair 2. There were no intraoperative complications requiring median sternotomy. Five patients had no blood transfusion. There was only one postoperative event; this patient had a sudden massive bleeding from the chest tube after extubation of the endotracheal tube, an immediate re-suture of the aortotomy was performed. The reoperative course was uneventful. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery for aortic and mital valves is an excellent option for most patients affected by isolated valvular disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School Second Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iedokoro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hioki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mishima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Orii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery