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 …

Background Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has become a standard
technique to perform mitral valve surgery in many cardiac centers. However, there remains a …

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

Background Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery has become a routine procedure at our
institution. The present study analyzed the early and long-term outcomes of patients …

Objective The purpose of this consensus conference was to deliberate the evidence
regarding whether minimally invasive mitral valve surgery via thoracotomy improves clinical …

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 …

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

In the recent years minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has become a well‐
established and increasingly used option for managing patients with a mitral valve …

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

Objective This meta-analysis sought to determine whether minimally invasive mitral valve
surgery (mini-MVS) improves clinical outcomes and resource utilization compared with …