Video-Assisted Port-AccessTM Combined Mitral Valve and CABG Surgery
Pascal Schroeyers MD, Fadi Farhat MD, Frank Van Praet MD, Yvette Vermeulen MSc, Hugo Vanermen MD

Although conventional right thoracotomy is a well-known alternative for mid-sternotomy to access the left atrium, a combined video-assisted mitral and left anterior descending (LAD) approach via Port-AccessTM has not yet been described. We report the case of a 68-year-old patient with severe mitral valve regurgitation due to myxoid degeneration associated with a critical LAD coronary artery stenosis. A totally video-assisted ‘true’ Port-Access (i.e. costal retraction) mitral valve repair and direct coronary artery bypass were performed in combination, without complications.

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