7 Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, UK The wide uptake of anterior right thoracotomy (ART) as an approach for aortic valve replacement (AVR) has been limited ...

The patient underwent minithoracotomy after 6 months, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis, culture and chest X-ray after 18 months. Further chest imaging and culture of sputum samples were ...

Quality of Life Shift after Aortic Valve Replacement in the Era of TAVI: Single-Center Class Comparison Study Between Different Procedural Techniques.

Evaluation of this procedure was given priority by the UK National Health Service in 1997, after early case-series had indicated the success of a minithoracotomy approach for bypass grafting without ...

Evaluation of this procedure was given priority by the UK National Health Service in 1997, after early case-series had indicated the success of a minithoracotomy approach for bypass grafting without ...

With neutropaenia, coagulopathy and weight loss placing the patient at high risk of morbidity and pleurodesis felt to offer an inferior outcome, a right-sided minithoracotomy and thoracic duct ...

This is an account of an interesting case with an unusual cardiac presentation. He is a man in his 60s who presented with chest tightness to the accident and emergency unit. The initial thoughts were ...

Objective Reoperative mitral valve surgery is increasingly required and can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The beating heart minimally invasive mitral valve surgery has a ...

Introduction: The safety and efficacy of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) surgery has been confirmed in numerous reports. However, minimally invasive multi-vessel off-pump ...

Objectives To evaluate the learning curves of three high-volume procedures, from distinct surgical specialties. Setting Tertiary care academic hospital. Participants A prospectively collected database ...