Background Aortic valve disease is a common condition easily treatable with cardiac
surgery. This is conventionally performed by opening the sternum ('median sternotomy') and …

Objective To provide recommendations for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery
(ERACS) based on a multimodal perioperative medicine approach in adult cardiac surgery …

Aortic valve replacement has stood the test of time but is no longer an operation that is
exclusively approached through a median sternotomy using only sutured prostheses …

Objective To compare clinical and health economic outcomes after manubrium-limited mini-
sternotomy (intervention) and conventional median sternotomy (usual care). Design A single …

Objective: To assess the potential benefits of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
(MIAVR) compared with conventional AVR (CAVR) by examining short-term outcomes …

Background It is unclear whether the innate immune response represents a therapeutic
target for organ protection strategies in cardiac surgery. Methods A systematic review of …

Objective Risk-scoring systems for surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) were largely
derived from sternotomy cases. We evaluated the accuracy of current risk scores in …

Objective To evaluate the influence of preoperative multidisciplinary team (MDT) care on
perioperative management and outcomes of frail patients undergoing cardiac surgery …

Background Surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) is currently deemed the gold standard
of care for patients with severe aortic stenosis. Currently, most AVRs are safely performed …

Results A total of 371 patients underwent AVR. Among them, 238 patients had AVR with full
sternotomy and 133 patients had a mini-sternotomy. Full sternotomy patients had …