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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
Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement via Right Lateral Mini-Thoracotomy - First Clinical Experience in Japan
Hiroki Hata1, Koichi Toda1, Shigeru Miyagawa1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.
Background:
Rapid deployment aortic valve replacement has been developed to shorten procedural times and to facilitate minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery.
Methods And Results:
As a representative rapid-deployment valve, the balloon-expanding INTUITY Elite (the 2nd-generation Edwards INTUITY Valve System) was uneventfully implanted via a right lateral mini-thoracotomy in 2 patients with severe aortic valve stenosis. Both of them recovered quickly and were discharged from hospital without significant adverse events.
Conclusions:
Implantation of the INTUITY Elite valve via right mini-thoracotomy is feasible and safe.
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