Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair in a Patient with Cerebral Palsy and Reduced Mobility: A Case Report.

Abstract

Surgical repair remains the gold-standard therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) and may be performed via a minimally invasive or sternotomy approach. Although well described, minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MVr) is performed in only a subset of patients with degenerative MR, with a recent prospective randomized study showing no difference in functional outcomes at 12 months compared with sternotomy. However, minimally invasive MVr can be performed safely and may offer superior outcomes compared to repair via sternotomy in selected patients. We present a patient with degenerative MR and cerebral palsy, for whom minimally invasive MVr was an ideal therapy.