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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
Right Minithoracotomy Approach for Replacement of the Ascending Aorta, Hemiarch, and Aortic Valve
Joseph Lamelas1, Angelo LaPietra
1From the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL USA.
Abstract:
A minimally invasive right anterior thoracotomy approach is the preferred technique used at our institution for isolated aortic valve pathology. We have recently introduced more complex concomitant minimally invasive procedures through this access site. Here, we describe how we perform a replacement of the ascending aorta and aortic valve with and without the use of circulatory arrest through a 6-cm right minimally invasive thoracotomy incision.

