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Mitral Valve Surgery: Right Thoracotomy Approach

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. To describe basic patient positioning, special equipment, and cannulation strategies for right-thoracotomy/port-access mitral valve surgery 2. To describe the advantages of right-thoracotomy port-access mitral intervention over traditional sternotomy approach 3. To describe the utility of the right-thoracotomy…

Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair Techniques

Step 1 Surgical Anatomy ◆ Percutaneous therapies have changed how the modern cardiothoracic surgeon approaches the treatment of valvular heart disease. Although much of this evolution has come with the advent of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, considerable obstacles inherent to…