Minimally Invasive Versus Open Surgery for Aortic Valve Replacement

Bil Kirmani of the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in the UK compares minimally invasive and open surgical approaches for aortic valve replacement. He presents a review comparing full to limited sternotomy and discusses the available data on anterior right minithoracotomy.This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for more information on SCTS educational programs.