title: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery using a flexible aortic clamp.
abstract: Minimally invasive surgery for mitral valve disease has been performed using a variety of technologies, some of which are complex, have a steep learning curve, and are expensive. We have adopted a simple cost-effective approach over the last 7 years to perform a variety of minimally invasive procedures with excellent outcomes. There have been no strokes, no mortalities, and no episodes of limb ischemia in our series. No patient has required reoperation.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: B Reddy
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Dandolu
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Parmet
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yarnall
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isidro
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bridges
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods