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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1369204

Right Anterior Thoracotomy versus Upper Hemisternotomy for Aortic Valve Replacement with Perceval S: Is There a Difference?

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Bogdan Okiljevic Bogdan Okiljevic Tatjana Raickovic Tatjana Raickovic Igor Zivkovic Igor Zivkovic *Petar Vukovic Petar Vukovic Miroslav Milicic Miroslav Milicic Ivan Stojanović Ivan Stojanović Petar Milacic Petar Milacic Slobodan Micovic Slobodan Micovic
  • Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia

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    Background: Our study aimed to evaluate the early outcomes of aortic valve replacement with Perceval S sutureless valve through the right anterior thoracotomy and upper hemisternotomy approaches, and to determine if there are any differences between these two approaches.Methods: We carried out a study using data from 174 patients who underwent minimally invasive Perceval S valve implantation for aortic valve stenosis between January 2018 and August 2023. This was a retrospective, single-center observational study. The patients were divided into two groups: the hemisternotomy group (n = 100) and the right anterior thoracotomy group (n = 74).Results: The overall in-hospital mortality was 1,7%. The cardiopulmonary bypass and cross-clamp times were longer in the right anterior thoracotomy group (p < .001). There were no statistically significant differences in terms of stroke, paravalvular leak, mechanical ventilation time, blood transfusion requirements, pacemaker implantation, reexploration for bleeding, conversion, wound infection, or in-hospital stay. Postoperative chest drainage was lower (p < .001) and postoperative atrial fibrillation occurred less frequently (p = .044) in the right anterior thoracotomy group. The median intensive care unit stay was shorter in the right anterior thoracotomy group (p = .018).Conclusion: Aortic valve replacement with the Perceval S valve through either an upper hemisternotomy or a right anterior thoracotomy is a procedure associated with low perioperative complication rates. Right anterior thoracotomy for an aortic valve replacement with the Perceval S valve was associated with lower postoperative bleeding, a lower postoperative atrial fibrillation incidence and a shorter intensive care unit stay compared to upper hemistornotomy.

    Keywords: aortic valve replacement, Minimally invasive, Sutureless valve, Thoracotomy, hemisternotomy

    Received: 11 Jan 2024; Accepted: 17 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Okiljevic, Raickovic, Zivkovic, Vukovic, Milicic, Stojanović, Milacic and Micovic. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Igor Zivkovic, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia

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