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View article: Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair
Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair Open
Importance The safety and effectiveness of mitral valve repair via thoracoscopically-guided minithoracotomy (minithoracotomy) compared with median sternotomy (sternotomy) in patients with degenerative mitral valve regurgitation is uncertai…
27 Septal myectomy surgery in a UK tertiary centre Open
Introduction Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited cardiac condition causing significant morbidity. Interventions to relieve left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction aim to reduce the burden of symptoms. Both alcohol s…
View article: Minimally invasive versus conventional sternotomy for Mitral valve repair: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UK Mini Mitral)
Minimally invasive versus conventional sternotomy for Mitral valve repair: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (UK Mini Mitral) Open
Introduction Numbers of patients undergoing mitral valve repair (MVr) surgery for severe mitral regurgitation have grown and will continue to rise. MVr is routinely performed via median sternotomy; however, there is a move towards less inv…
Telemedicine in cardiovascular surgery during COVID‐19 pandemic: A systematic review and our experience Open
Overall, the use of virtual consultations and remote monitoring is feasible and best placed to support these patients via triaging and postoperative monitoring. However, TM can be limited by the need of sophisticated technological requirem…
Examining the impact of COVID‐19 on cardiac surgery services: The lessons learned from this pandemic Open
Under the unprecedented pressures of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is an urgent requisite for successful strategies to safely deliver cardiac surgery. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-C…
Examining the impact of COVID-19 on cardiac surgery services: the lessons learned from this pandemic Open
Under the unprecedented pressures of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is an urgent requisite for successful strategies to safely deliver cardiac surgery. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-C…