Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair in a Marfan Patient with Severe Scoliokyphosis

Abstract

Abstract A 26-year-old female Marfan patient with extensive scoliokyphosis presented with severe mitral valve regurgitation. The patient was treated with minimally invasive mitral valve repair via a right lateral minithoracotomy. In this report, we discuss the operative procedure followed in this special case and the current literature.

Keywords

• mitral valve regurgitation
• minimally invasive mitral valve repair
• minithoracotomy
• scoliokyphosis