title: Video-assisted Port-Access combined mitral valve and CABG surgery.
abstract: Although conventional right thoracotomy is a well-known alternative for mid-sternotomy to access the left atrium, a combined video-assisted mitral and left anterior descending (LAD) approach via Port-Access has not yet been described. We report the case of a 68-year-old patient with severe mitral valve regurgitation due to myxoid degeneration associated with a critical LAD coronary artery stenosis. A totally video-assisted 'true' Port-Access (i.e. no costal retraction) mitral valve repair and direct coronary artery bypass were performed in combination, without complications.
authors: OLV Ziekenhuis, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Aalst, Belgium.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Schroeyers
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Farhat
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Van Praet
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Vermeulen
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Vanermen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery