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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:673-674
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How to do it

An alternative surgical approach to facilitate minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Dimitrios C. Angouras, MDa, Robert E. Michler, MD*a

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Accepted for publication July 30, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Michler, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, OSU Heart Hospital, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N847 Doan Hall, 10 West 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
e-mail: michler.l{at}osu.edu

An alternative approach to minimally invasive mitral valve surgery is described that permits direct great vessel cannulation and direct aortic clamp occlusion through a 6- to 8-cm incision. This approach reduces the complexity of the procedure, and hopefully, will contribute to more widespread adoption of less invasive techniques in mitral valve surgery.






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