title: Aortic valve replacement with Edwards INTUITY sutureless bioprosthesis through right anterior minithoracotomy.
abstract: Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement through right anterior minithoracotomy has been shown as a reliable and interesting approach. However, the placement of a sutured valve may be challenging and time-consuming in some cases. Sutureless bioprosthesis is an elegant alternative in order to facilitate its placement and to reduce the aortic cross-clamp time. In this video, we report our surgical technique of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement with an Edwards INTUITY sutureless bioprosthesis. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged after 6 days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac surgery, Lens Hospital and Bois Bernard Private Hospital, Ramsay Générale de Santé, Lens, France ilirhysi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ilir
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hysi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac surgery, Lens Hospital and Bois Bernard Private Hospital, Ramsay Générale de Santé, Lens, France.
authors.forename: Ionut
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Carjaliu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac surgery, Lens Hospital and Bois Bernard Private Hospital, Ramsay Générale de Santé, Lens, France.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gautier
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac surgery, Lens Hospital and Bois Bernard Private Hospital, Ramsay Générale de Santé, Lens, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fabre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Anterior thoracotomy; Aortic valve; INTUITY; Minimally invasive surgery; Sutureless