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Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
Published on: March 26, 2018
Traumatic tricuspid valve rupture treated by minimally invasive thoracotomy
Antonino M Grande1, Mauro Rinaldi, Alessia Alloni
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Piazzale Golgi, 2 27100 Pavia. amgrande@libero.it
Abstract:
Isolated valvular lesions consequent to non-penetrating trauma are rare. We present a case of a traumatic tricuspid valve rupture in a 51-year-old woman seriously involved in a motor vehicle accident 20 years earlier. She underwent tricuspid valve replacement performed via a minimally invasive thoracotomy in the right fourth intercostal space. The advantages of minimally invasive thoracotomy are discussed.
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