Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
with a St. Jude Medical Biocor Stented Tissue Valve
Presentation of a minimally invasive aortic valve replacement with a St. Jude Medical Biocor Stented Tissue Valve. The native valve is replaced via a right anterior thoracotomy incision in a 72 year male patient diagnosed with severe aortic insufficiency and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 45%. Presented by Vaughn Starnes, MD and Mark Cunningham, MD with the USC Cardiothoracic Surgeons.