Raffaele Giordano1, Massimiliano Cantinotti2, Giuseppe Comentale1, Luigi Di Tommaso1, Gabriele Iannelli11, Emanuele Pilato1, Gaetano Palma1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.2, pp. 162-166, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12680
Abstract Background: In this study, we compared our experience about early and midterm
follow‐up outcomes for right anterolateral minithoracotomy (RAMT) vs full sternot‐
omy (FS) in surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) among adolescents with bicuspid
aortic valve (BAV).
Methods: Patients were retrospectively enrolled from January 2008 to December
2017. Inclusion criteria were patients with BAV who had to undergo to AVR. They
were divided in two groups: RAMT and FS. The choice of RAMT was based on indi‐
vidual surgeon’s preferences or when expressly requested by patient that was in‐
formed of nonconventional approach.
Results: We enrolled 61 patients, 23 in… More >
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