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  • Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Minimally Invasive Procedures

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  • Mitral valve infective endocarditis (IE) presents significant mortality risks.
  • Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) is technically demanding, particularly for IE patients.
  • Comparative outcomes of MIMVS for IE versus other indications require evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare early postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing MIMVS for mitral valve endocarditis (IE group) versus other indications (non-IE group).
  • To assess the feasibility and safety of MIMVS in the context of infective endocarditis.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of data from January 2011 to September 2023.
  • Two patient groups: IE group (n=75) and non-IE group (n=862).
  • Observation period of 30 postoperative days.

Main Results:

  • IE group patients were younger and had a higher preoperative history of stroke and neurological symptoms.
  • No significant differences in overall surgery time, cardiopulmonary bypass time, or aortic clamping time.
  • The IE group showed a higher need for erythrocyte transfusion, but no differences in redo procedures, bleeding, stroke, dialysis, intubation, sepsis, pacemaker implantation, wound healing, or 30-day mortality.

Conclusions:

  • Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery is a feasible and safe option for patients with mitral valve endocarditis.
  • Infective endocarditis should not be a contraindication for pursuing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
  • MIMVS provides comparable early postoperative outcomes for IE patients relative to non-IE patients.