Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery: A Single Institutional Experience with the Technique of Minimally Invasive Surgery via Right Minithoracotomy.

Conclusion Minimally invasive TVS via right lateral minithoracotomy is feasible with good results. Even in a cohort of patients suffering from elevated rate of active endocarditis, a high repair rate can be achieved. PMID: 25742547 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - March 5, 2015 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Minol JP, Boeken U, Weinreich T, Heimann M, Gramsch-Zabel H, Akhyari P, Kamiya H, Lichtenberg A Tags: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research