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

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

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