Abstract Objectives Data on the role of obesity in patients undergoing minimally invasive cardiac surgery are sparse, and the longitudinal observations after minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MI-MVr) in obese..
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Minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MICS) with neochords combines a precise surgical technique with an advanced perfusion strategy to optimize outcomes. The minimally invasive approach can be performed routinely, delivering..
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Although the long-term durability of transcatheter procedures has yet to be established, their emergence as an option for mitral valve repair seems to have provided the surgical community with another..
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A 53-year-old man was admitted with a two-month history of anterior myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and a New York Heart Association III classification. Echocardiography showed severe mitral insufficiency (Carpentier..
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Coronary artery bypass grafting could be performed simultaneously with minimally invasive mitral valve repair through the right minithoracotomy. Our experience in minimally invasive cardiac surgery allows us to perform 4..
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