Minimally invasive tricuspid valve surgery and concomitant MAZE procedure with closure of LA appendage through an ASD

Guohao Chang; Giap Swee Kang; Christos George Alexiou; Theodoros Kofidis

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3508

Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2021)

Minimally invasive tricuspid valve surgery and concomitant MAZE procedure with closure of LA appendage through an ASD

Guohao Chang,
Giap Swee Kang,
Christos George Alexiou,
Theodoros Kofidis

Affiliations

Guohao Chang: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery National University Heart Centre Singapore Singapore
Giap Swee Kang: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery National University Heart Centre Singapore Singapore
Christos George Alexiou: Department of Cardiac Surgery Interbalkan Medical Centre Thessaloniki Greece
Theodoros Kofidis: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery National University Heart Centre Singapore Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3508
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 251 – 255

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Abstract Utilization of the ASD as a gateway to reach the left heart in tricuspid valve surgery may facilitate the use of a mini right thoracotomy and single atriotomy approach, avoiding the need for bi‐atrial incisions and/or median sternotomy.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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