Minimally invasive surgical approaches for repairing or replacing the mitral valve (mini-MVR) provide short-term outcomes similar to those seen with conventional sternotomy without increasing costs, a ...

Patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve repair or replacement (mini-MVR) have similar outcomes as patients undergoing conventional surgery and also experience shorter hospital stays and ...

Patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve repair or replacement (mini-MVR) have similar outcomes as patients undergoing conventional surgery and also experience shorter hospital stays and ...

Your mitral valve is one of the four major valves in your heart. It helps blood flow through your heart and out to the rest of your body. When this valve isn’t working correctly, it puts stress on ...

An innovative mitral valve replacement procedure shows promise for high-risk patients in a new University of Miami Miller School of Medicine study led by Joseph Lamelas, M.D., chief and program ...

In mini-MVR, the surgeon makes a 2- to 3-inch incision between the ribs on the right chest. The researchers found that patients undergoing mini-MVR had similar rates of mortality, stroke (in contrast ...