title: Reality check in the minimally invasive world.
authors.affiliation: Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Chicago, Ill; Cardiac Surgery Division, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: pmccart@nm.org.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*