Minimally invasive cardiac surgery using a flexible aortic clamp.
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.
Dandolu
B Reddy
BR
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Parmet
John L
JL
Yarnall
Charles
C
Isidro
Alice
A
Bridges
Charles R
CR
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