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. 2020 Aug;10(4):841-848.
doi: 10.21037/cdt-20-440.

Early clinical outcomes of thoracoscopic mitral valvuloplasty: a clinical experience of 100 consecutive cases

Huimin Cui  1 , Lin Zhang  1 , Shixiong Wei  1 , Lianggang Li  1 , Tong Ren  1 , Yao Wang  1 , Shengli Jiang  1
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Early clinical outcomes of thoracoscopic mitral valvuloplasty: a clinical experience of 100 consecutive cases

Huimin Cui et al. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Background: We reported our experience of 100 consecutive cases of thoracoscopic mitral valvuloplasty in the early period.

Methods: Between September 2017 and December 2019, 100 consecutive cases (aged 49.2±14.7 years; 56% male) of thoracoscopic mitral valvuloplasty had been completed in our institution. The safety and feasibility of this technique was evaluated by its early clinical outcomes.

Results: Mitral valve (MV) repair was performed by means of Carpentier techniques, including leaflet folding in 5 cases, cleft suture in 10, commissuroplasty in 15 including 2 commissurotomy, edge to edge in 1, artificial chordae implantation in 76 cases with an average of 2.5±1.6 (1 to 4) pairs, and prosthetic annuloplasty in all cases. Intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed no mitral regurgitation (MR) in 95 cases and a mild in 2 cases with all coaptation length more than 5 mm. The rest 3 cases with moderate or more MR were successfully reconstructed during a second pump-run. The average cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time was 164.4±51.0 min and aortic clamping time was 119.7±39.1 min, and the latest 10 cases were 140.2±45.3 and 96.3±25.4 min, respectively (P<0.05). There was only one operative death from avulsion of left atrial suture after operation and 2 intraoperative re-exploration through a conversion to sternotomy for bleeding. Severe MR was observed in 2 patients 3 months after operation, and MV replacement (MVR) was performed through median sternotomy.

Conclusions: Totally thoracoscopic mitral valvuloplasty was technically feasible, safe, effective, and reproducible in clinical practice after crossing the learning curve.

Keywords: Thoracoscopy; minimally invasive surgical procedure; mitral valve repair (MV repair); mitral valvuloplasty.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/cdt-20-440). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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