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Minimally invasive mitral valve repair is surgery to fix a problem with your mitral valve. The mitral valve helps blood flow through your heart properly.

A technique for mitral valve operations is described in which exposure is performed through a small right parasternal incision. Via a transseptal approach, ...

The small, right-sided incision made in this minimally invasive procedure provides a direct view of the mitral valve that is equivalent to that obtained via a ...

This procedure uses a small clip to repair the heart's mitral valve to treat mitral regurgitation. The clip is inserted through the venous system without any ...

A mitral valve replacement is a surgery to replace a mitral valve that doesn't work well. It's replaced with a new valve. Minimally invasive surgery is done ...

Minimally-invasive mitral valve surgery has similar risks to traditional open-chest mitral valve surgery, including wound infection, bleeding, kidney injury, ...

Professor Yan performs minimally invasive mitral valve surgery via a 3-5 cm minithoracotomy approach. A small 3-6 cm (2-3 inch) long incision is made on the ...

"UCSF offers the full range of minimally invasive approaches for mitral valve repair and replacement using a small 4-6 cm incision.

Today, many mitral valve surgeries can be done with a minimally invasive approach, as opposed to traditional open-heart surgery which involves a larger incision ...