Video-assisted
mitral/tricuspid valve surgery is a minimally invasive technique
enabling valve repair or replacement to be performed without
sternotomy. Cleveland Clinic cardiac surgeons use this technique
primarily on patients requiring mitral valve replacement,
mitral valve repair for degenerative prolapse, or tricuspid
valve repair.
6,015
Number
of minimally invasive cardiac surgeries performed by Cleveland
Clinic heart surgeons since 1995.
65%
Percentage
of isolated aortic valve replacements performed via a minimally
invasive approach.
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Video-assisted
mitral/tricuspid valve surgery is a minimally invasive technique
enabling valve repair or replacement to be performed without
sternotomy. Cleveland Clinic cardiac surgeons use this technique
primarily on patients requiring mitral valve replacement,
mitral valve repair for degenerative prolapse, or tricuspid
valve repair.
