title: Minimally invasive mitral valve repair in a marfan patient with severe scoliokyphosis.
abstract: A 26-year-old female Marfan patient with extensive scoliokyphosis presented with severe mitral valve regurgitation. The patient was treated with minimally invasive mitral valve repair via a right lateral minithoracotomy. In this report, we discuss the operative procedure followed in this special case and the current literature.
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
authors: Thilo
authors: T
authors: Noack
authors: Department of Radiology, Heart Center Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
authors: Lukas
authors: L
authors: Lehmkuhl
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
authors: Joerg
authors: J
authors: Seeburger
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
authors: Friedrich Wilhelm
authors: FW
authors: Mohr
keywords: minimally invasive mitral valve repair; minithoracotomy; mitral valve regurgitation; scoliokyphosis