title: [Aortic valve repair with minimal access "J" sternotomy].
abstract: Recently many cardiovascular operations have been performed with minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS). It is reported that MICS is superior to standard full sternotomy in regard to cosmetic and post-operative recovery. In our institution, aortic valve repair operations have been performed to aortic valve insufficiency. This time, we performed aortic valve repair by minimal access "J" sternotomy. A 63-year-old male with degenerative aortic regurgitation underwent aortic valve repair by MICS. He had experienced dyspnea on exertion 7 days before admission. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiogram showed the grade of aortic regurgitation (AR) was severe. Surgery was successful and the grade of AR became trivial. This combined procedure have merits for patients because of freedom from anticoagulation and small incision. Such combined surgery may be indicated in the treatment in a subset of patients with degenerative AR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Memorial Heart Center Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukaida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawazoe
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome