title: Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement.
abstract: With the advent of transcatheter aortic valve replacement and the emergence of rapid deployment aortic valves, there is a resurgent interest in minimizing the trauma of surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR). The present review summarizes the history of minimal access AVR and attempts to collate the existing evidence regarding minimal access AVR.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Rawn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salenger
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gammie
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors; D056346:Sternotomy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome