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STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER

Minimally-Invasive Valve Surgery

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Manuscript received October 2, 2009; revised manuscript received March 5, 2010, accepted March 9, 2010.

^_* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Lawrence H. Cohn, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 (Email: lhcohn{at}partners.org).

Minimally-invasive approaches have become increasingly important in cardiac valve surgery. Smaller incisions have become commonplace in many major centers. We reviewed the existing literature and present the current state-of-the-art of minimally-invasive valve operations in this paper.

Key Words: aortic valve • minimally invasive • mitral valve • surgery

Abbreviations and Acronyms   AF = atrial fibrillation   AV = aortic valve   BWH = Brigham and Women's Hospital   CPB = cardiopulmonary bypass   Mini-MVS = minimally-invasive mitral valve surgery   Mini-VS = minimally-invasive valve surgery   MV = mitral valve   MVR = mitral valve repair   STS = Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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