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. 2022 Dec 2:2022.
doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2022.093.

Minimally invasive surgical aortic valve replacement via a partial upper ministernotomy

Karel M Van Praet  1   2 , Gaik Nersesian  1 , Marian Kukucka  3 , Markus Kofler  1   2 , Leonhard Wert  1 , Christoph Klein  4 , Axel Unbehaun  1   2 , Jörg Kempfert  1   2 , Volkmar Falk  1   2   5   6   7
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Minimally invasive surgical aortic valve replacement via a partial upper ministernotomy

Karel M Van Praet et al. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. .
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Abstract

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement has become a feasible approach to treat various aortic valve pathologies with limited procedural trauma. Several minimally invasive aortic valve replacement approaches with different levels of complexity and technical requirements are currently available.

Keywords: Aortic valve; Degenerative aortic valve stenosis; Minimally invasive; Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement; Minimally invasive cardiac surgery; Partial sternotomy.

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