Minimally invasive mitral valve repair suggests earlier operations for mitral valve disease James P Greelish, MD, Lawrence H Cohn, MD, Marzia Leacche, MD, Michael Mitchell, MD, Alexandros Karavas, MD, John Fox, MD, John G Byrne, MD, Sary F Aranki, MD, Gregory S Couper, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 126, Issue 2, Pages 365-371 (August 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00078-3
Figure 1 A, Lower ministernotomy incision. B, Cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion setup for ministernotomy approach to the mitral valve. C, Transseptal exposure of the mitral valve. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 126, 365-371DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00078-3)
Figure 2 A, Intraoperative prerepair mitral regurgitation by TEE. B, Intraoperative post-repair mitral regurgitation by transesophageal echocardiography. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 126, 365-371DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00078-3)
Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curve of survival following minimally invasive mitral valve repair. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 126, 365-371DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00078-3)
Figure 4 Kaplan-Meier curve of freedom from reoperation following minimally invasive mitral valve repair. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 126, 365-371DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00078-3)