Abstract

The number of patients getting mitral valve replacement (MVR) surgery for severe mitral regurgitation and mitral stenosis has increased and is expected to climb further. There are many ways to do minimally invasive cardiac operations, depending on the type of surgery, the equipment that is available, and the technical experience of the team.[1] As RHD advances, it can result in severe mitral stenosis (MS) and/or mitral regurgitation (MR) , as well as aortic valve damage in more than 30% of patients. When patients attain New York Heart Association functional class III/IV, they require surgical treatment, with indications including significant calcification or concomitant valve/coronary disease. Because damages of the valve and subvalvular apparatus in RHD are more severe than in non-RHD illness, MV repair is technically more challenging than MVR.[2-4]

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