Cristina Barbero, Andrea Costamagna, Peter Verbrugghe, Joseph Zacharias, Frank Van Praet, Thierry Bove, Alfonso Agnino, Jörg Kempfert, Mauro Rinaldi
Aim of this study was to compare redo MV surgery patients undergoing right mini-thoracotomy and EAC with redo MV patients undergoing surgery through other approaches. Redo MV patients from 7 European centers were analyzed. Primary endpoint was 30-day mortality; secondary endpoints were stroke, re-exploration, low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS), respiratory failure, and intensive care unit (ICU) and in-hospital length-of-stay. Forty-nine patients underwent right mini-thoracotomy and EAC (22.7%), and 167 (77...
April 17, 2024: Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research