Saif Naveed
4thyear student in Zia Uddin University, Pakistan
Publications
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Research Article
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery vs Open Mitral Valve Replacement
Author(s): Sumera Nasim*, Saif Naveed and Muhammad Aadil Qasim
Objective: To establish the advantages of invasive mitral valve surgery over open heart mitral valve surgery in treating patients with mitral valve pathologies. Material and Methods: A literature search was done on PubMed, google scholar, and Embase using search terms like open ‘invasive mitral valve surgery’, ‘mitral clip’, ‘sternotomy’, and ‘annuloplasty.” The time limit was set to 5 years ago and the language set to English. After searching, a quick screening of the title and abstract was done for relevance. The selected papers were then used in this review. Results: The minimally invasive mitral valve surgery was shown to have significantly greater survival rates across all post-surgical time frames as well as lower short-term mortality rates. Mini MVS was also sh.. Read More»