Minimally Invasive video-assisted Cardiac Surgery: Operative techniques, Application Fields and Clinical Outcomes

Abstract

Minimally invasive video-assisted surgery through a right minithoracotomy has become the standard surgical approach for several cardiac diseases at many major centers worldwide. In this article we review the existing literature on the subject and describe different operative techniques, application fields and clinical outcomes.

Keywords:

• atrial fibrillation
• atrial septal defect
• cardiac surgery
• cardiac tumor
• minimally invasive
• mitral valve
• outcome
• right minithoracotomy
• tricuspid valve

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Chris Botterill for proofreading the article.

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