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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1384. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.020
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery After Previous Sternotomy

Onur S. Goksel, MD, Emin Tireli, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Istanbul, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, 80630 Turkey

(Email: onurgokseljet@gmail.com).

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To the Editor:

We read with the greatest interest the article by Seeburger and coworkers [1] on mitral valve replacement in patients with previous cardiac surgery. They analyzed their surgical results with 181 consecutive patients that underwent a limited right lateral thoracotomy for a mitral valve procedure for a 9-year-long period. We would like to congratulate the authors for their favorable results with a 30-day mortality rate of 6.6%. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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