title: Aortic Valve Surgery: Minimally Invasive Options.
abstract: Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery has not been adopted by a significant proportion of cardiac surgeons despite proven benefits. This may be related to a high learning curve and technical issues requiring retraining. In this review, we discuss the data for minimally invasive aortic valve surgery and describe our operative technique for both ministernotomy and anterior thoracotomy approaches. We also discuss the advent of novel sutureless valves and how these techniques compare to available transcatheter aortic valve procedures.
authors.affiliation: Valley Health System, Winchester, Virginia.
authors.forename: Basel
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramlawi
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Kareem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bedeir
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamelas
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000379:methods*
keywords: aortic valve surgery; minimally invasive cardiac surgery; transcatheter aortic valve surgery; valvular heart disease