Endoscopic atrioventricular valve surgery in adults with difficult-to-access uncorrected congenital chest wall deformities

CONCLUSIONS EPAAVVS in adults with uncorrected CCWD is safe, feasible and durable and can successfully be performed by experienced teams to achieve Haller index and correction index scores of up to 3.3 and 38.3%, respectively, with favourable long-term clinical and echocardiographic outcomes. The mere presence of uncorrected CCWDs should not deter surgeons from offering these patients the full benefits of minimally invasive cardiac surgery.

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Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery - December 13, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: van der Merwe, J., Casselman, F., Stockman, B., Vermeulen, Y., Degrieck, I., Van Praet, F. Tags: Transplantation - heart, Basic research vascular, Chest wall Adult Cardiac Source Type: research