Importance The safety and effectiveness of mitral valve repair via thoracoscopically-guided
minithoracotomy (minithoracotomy) compared with median sternotomy (sternotomy) in …

Valvular heart disease is common and increasingly prevalent among the elderly. The end
result of valvular pathologies is cardiac failure and can lead to sudden death; thus …

Objective To provide recommendations for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery
(ERACS) based on a multimodal perioperative medicine approach in adult cardiac surgery …

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 …

Background Mitral valve surgery (MVS) is evolving. Compared to standard sternotomy (S-
MVS), minimally invasive method (Mini-MVS) has been increasingly adopted in the last …

OBJECTIVES Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has been performed
increasingly for the past 2 decades; however, large comparative studies on short-and long …

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify predictors of periprocedural success and
safety in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery and to determine the impact of pathology …

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 popularization of catheter-based mitral valve procedures, evaluating
risk-specific differentiated clinical outcomes after contemporary mitral valve surgery is …

Background Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion therapy has been widely used in surgery, and
has yielded excellent treatment outcomes. However, in some instances, the demand for …