T-shaped Transseptal Approach for Mitral Valve Surgery

Hazem El Beyrouti; Angela Kornberger; Martin Oberhoffer; Christian-Friedrich Vahl

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1702209

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 68(06): 507-509
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1702209

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T-shaped Transseptal Approach for Mitral Valve Surgery

Authors

Hazem El Beyrouti

¹Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Angela Kornberger

¹Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Martin Oberhoffer

¹Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Christian-Friedrich Vahl

¹Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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Abstract

We present a T-shaped transseptal approach for mitral valve surgery that makes adequate exposure possible under challenging anatomic and surgical circumstances, hence eliminating the need for forceful retraction on potentially fragile tissues. Particularly suited for patients with complex mitral pathology, it also facilitates juxta-annular transseptal right atrial anchoring, especially in cases of endocarditic anterior mitral annular destruction.

Keywords

surgery - mitral - technique - heart - endocarditis - right atrial anchoring - mitral valve

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