Background To report early and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing minimally
invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) through right mini-thoracotomy (RT) over a 10-year …

Background Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery is becoming a gold standard and
provides many advantages for patients. A learning curve is required for a surgeon to …

Since its introduction in the mid-1990s, minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has
been shown to be a feasible alternative to a conventional full-sternotomy approach, and …

Background There is high demand for minimally invasive mitral valve repair; however, it is
unclear whether the minimally invasive approach provides the same performance as …

OBJECTIVES With the emergence of a new concept aimed at individualization of patient
care, the focus will shift from whether a minimally invasive procedure is better than …

OBJECTIVES Advances in video-assistance lead to an increase in minimal access mitral
valve surgery (MAMVS) with decreased incision size yet maintaining the same quality of …

Background Mitral valve (MV) repair is the gold standard for the treatment of degenerative
MV regurgitation. Recently, minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has shown …

Background: The development of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery has created the
motivation for using this approach in young patients with chronic rheumatic valve disease …

Background The totally thoracoscopic procedure for mitral valve (MV) disease is a minimally
invasive method. We investigated the procedure's feasibility, safety and effectiveness when …

Background This study aimed to report the risk and learning curve analysis of a minimally
invasive mitral valve surgery program performed through a right mini-thoracotomy at a single …