Minimally invasive triple valve surgery through a right minithoracotomy Antonio Lio, MD, Michele Murzi, MD, Marco Solinas, MD, Mattia Glauber, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 148, Issue 5, Pages 2424-2427 (November 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.094 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Surgeons' view showing right anterolateral minithoracotomy performed in the third intercostal space. The aortic cannula was placed directly into the ascending aorta. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 2424-2427DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.094) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Intraoperative view of mitral, aortic, and tricuspid valves. Note that the venous cannula in the right atrium does not prevent visualization of the tricuspid valve. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 2424-2427DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.094) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions