Objective: Minimal access cardiac valve surgery is increasingly utilized. We report our 11-
year experience with minimally invasive aortic valve surgery. Methods: From 07/96 to 12/06 …

Background. Risk evaluation comparing the minimally invasive and standard aortic valve
operations has not been studied. Methods. Four surgeons were randomly assigned to …

Objective: Access to aortic valve can be performed through small incisions. However, a
considerable advantage of this approach has not been proven by randomized studies so far …

Objectives: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery has been developed to offer patients the
benefits of open heart operations with decreased pain and limited skin incision. A limited …

Introduction—Although minimally invasive aortic valve surgery (MIAVR) is performed in
many centers, few studies have compared its results to a standard sternotomy (SS) …

Background Minimally invasive surgery has become a routine approach for aortic valve
disease over the last 18 years at the Cleveland Clinic. It is performed in isolation or in …

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: how does this p... : Current Opinion in Cardiology
Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: how does this perform in high-risk patients …

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement through partial upper
sternotomy has been shown to reduce surgical trauma, and, supposedly, decrease …

Objective: We performed a case-control-study to compare perioperative and mid-term results
of minimally invasive with conventional aortic valve replacement. Methods: Between 8/96 …

Objective: We sought to evaluate the potential benefits of minimally invasive approaches for
treatment of isolated aortic and mitral valve disease. Methods: From 7/96 to 04/03, we …