Minimally invasive, robotic, and off-pump mitral valve surgery.
A significant transformation is occurring in the management of mitral valve disease. Earlier surgery is now recommended. Mitral valve repair is the standard of care, and newer methods of reconstructing the mitral valve are developing. Surgery with videoscopic assistance can be effectively performed without sternotomy. Robotics systems are gaining wider adoption. Implantable devices to repair or replace the mitral valve off-pump and percutaneously are emerging.
Woo
Y Joseph
YJ
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. wooy@uphs.upenn.edu
Rodriguez
Evelio
E
Atluri
Pavan
P
Chitwood
W Randolph
WR
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation; D015607:Stents; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods