Right anterior minithoracotomy aortic valve replacement with a sutureless bioprosthesis: Early outcomes and 1-year follow-up from 2 European centers Marco Vola, MD, PhD, Alberto Albertini, MD, Salvatore Campisi, MD, Luca Caprili, MD, Jean-François Fuzellier, MD, Jean-Pierre Favre, MD, Jérôme Morel, MD, Antoine Gerbay, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 149, Issue 4, Pages 1052-1057 (April 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.12.017 Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 A, The 3f Enable valve (Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, Minn) before folding. B, The prosthesis, folded, is kept compressed by a 4-0 polypropylene stitch. C, Valve is deployed with the leaflets collapsing around the suction cannula (vacuum induction into the ventricule). D, Operative field during control of sealing with a nerve hook. Note the antegrade arterial cannulation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, 1052-1057DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.12.017) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Folded 3F Enable prosthesis descended into the right anterior minithoracotomy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2015 149, 1052-1057DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.12.017) Copyright © 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions