A technique is described here to carry out combined aortic and mitral valve replacement
(DVR) in a patient with rheumatic valve disease utilising a minimally invasive approach
without major modification in the conventional technique. An incision of approximately
5 cm is made on the upper sternum followed by partial sternal split with ‘J’ extension
in the right third inter costal space (ICS). The mitral and aortic valves can be replaced
with ease and excellent outcome. The technique is reproducible and does not require
any special instrumentation. We carried out DVR with this approach in 17 patients.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 28,
2010
Received in revised form:
October 7,
2010
Received:
June 3,
2010
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© 2010 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
