Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery in a heterogeneous valve pathology cohort: respect or resect?

CONCLUSIONS: Despite a heterogeneous cohort with mixed valve pathologies, there is a high reconstruction rate, low short- and midterm morbidity, mortality and need for re-intervention with comparable outcomes of the resect and respect technique in a specialized MIV center.PMID:37426140 | PMC:PMC10323544 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-22-1796

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - July 10, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Laina Passos Thierry Aymard Patric Biaggi Mohammed Morjan Maximilian Y Emmert Juerg Gruenenfelder Diana Reser Source Type: research