Minimally Invasive versus Full Sternotomy for Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-risk Patients

CONCLUSIONS: For patients at low risk for isolated surgery, MI and FS approaches were associated with similar in-hospital and 1-year outcomes.PMID:34958771 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.048

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 27, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Mark J Russo Vinod H Thourani David J Cohen S Chris Malaisrie Wilson Y Szeto Isaac George Susheel K Kodali Raj Makkar Michael Lu Mathew Williams Tom Nguyen Gabriel Aldea Philippe Genereux H Kenith Fang Maria C Alu Erin Rogers Alexis Okoh Howard C Herrmann Source Type: research