Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery in Octogenarians: Reliable Option or Fallback Solution?
Federico CammertoniPiergiorgio BrunoRaphael RosenhekNatalia PavonePiero FarinaAndrea MazzaMauro IafrancescoMarialisa NestaGiovanni A ChiarielloGianluca ComerciAnnalisa PasquiniFranco CavaliereSergio GuarneriEmanuele MarzettiAlessia RabiniAlessandra PiarulliValerio SanesiDenise D'ErricoMassimo MassettiPublished in: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2020)
Aortic valve surgery in older patients provided excellent results, as long as appropriate candidates were selected. MIAVR was associated with shorter mechanical ventilation, reduced blood transfusions, and reduced hospitalization length, without affecting perioperative complications or mid-term survival.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- minimally invasive
- mechanical ventilation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- coronary artery bypass
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- intensive care unit
- robot assisted
- patients undergoing
- cardiac surgery
- respiratory failure
- surgical site infection
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- free survival
- atrial fibrillation