In the mid-to late-1990s the cardiac surgery community began to apply limited incisions in
mitral valve surgery. Ministernotomies and right-sided minithoracotomies were placed …

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MiMVS) has been increasing in prevalence. This
review focuses on the approaches, clinical outcomes, and patient selection for MiMVS …

Cardiac surgery was the last area of surgery to become “minimally invasive,” and this began
in the mid-1990s with some regularity at the Cleveland Clinic and the Brigham and Women's …

The mitral valve has been traditionally approached through a median sternotomy. However,
significant advances in surgical optics, instrumentation, tissue telemanipulation, and …

The mitral valve is a highly complex structure, the competency and function of which relies
on the harmonious action of its component parts. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) …

Over the past two decades, significant advances have been made in mitral valve surgery.
Cardiac surgeons have successfully repaired degenerative and ischemic regurgitant mitral …

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has emerged as an alternative approach to
conventional sternotomy to perform mitral valve repair and replacement with equivalent …

Techniques for minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement continue to evolve.
This expert opinion, the second of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices for …

OBJECTIVE: Less invasive approaches to mitral valve surgery are increasingly used for
improved cosmesis; however, few studies have investigated their effect on outcome. We …

Background Minimally invasive approaches to mitral valve repair have demonstrated
equivalent technical outcomes and more rapid recovery when compared with traditional …