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Minimally Invasive Beating Heart Mitral Valve Surgery


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1 Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, India
2 Department of Anaesthesia, India
3 Department of Cardiology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
 

As techniques in cardiac surgery continue to improve, the minimal invasive approach is providing benefits to the cardiac surgical patient. We report a case of a 24 year old gentleman with diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease with severe mitral stenosis that underwent mitral valve replacement via minimal invasive approach on beating heart. His post operative course was uneventful and he has been on regular follow up now. The advantages and disadvantages of the procedure are discussed here.

Keywords

Heart, Mitral Valve, Thoracotomy.
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Authors

A. G. Ahangar
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, India
Saikia Manuj Kumar
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, India
M. D. Yunus
Department of Anaesthesia, India
Kapoor Manish
Department of Cardiology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India

Abstract


As techniques in cardiac surgery continue to improve, the minimal invasive approach is providing benefits to the cardiac surgical patient. We report a case of a 24 year old gentleman with diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease with severe mitral stenosis that underwent mitral valve replacement via minimal invasive approach on beating heart. His post operative course was uneventful and he has been on regular follow up now. The advantages and disadvantages of the procedure are discussed here.

Keywords


Heart, Mitral Valve, Thoracotomy.