Robotic Mitral Valve Repair With Severe Pectus Excavatum

Amit Iyengar1, Cindy Song2, Omar Toubat2

  • 1Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/iyengaramit.

JACC. Case Reports
|May 8, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Robotic mitral valve repair is feasible in patients with pectus excavatum, a chest wall deformity. This approach offers a viable solution for degenerative mitral regurgitation despite surgical access challenges.