For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A minimally invasive approach to mitral valve repair was safe and effective vs. sternotomy. Recovery time and ...

Surgical aortic valve replacement generally improves patients’ symptoms and prolongs survival. However, the perceived risk of surgical aortic valve replacement in patients over 80 may result in ...

Getting patients physically active as early as 2 weeks after a sternotomy for CABG or valve surgery appears to be just as safe and effective as waiting the standard month and a half, according to ...

Open heart surgery is an incision that is made through the sternum, otherwise known as the breastbone, which is then spread apart. This form of opening is called a full or median sternotomy. Following ...

Patients with degenerative mitral valve (MV) regurgitation that calls for surgery may, for the most part, safely choose either a standard procedure requiring a midline sternotomy or one performed ...