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Exploring the learning curve for minimally invasive sutureless aortic valve replacement

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Source URL: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)30315-4/fulltext

Author(s)

Michele Murzi, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Danyar Gilmanov, Giovanni Concistrè, Pierandrea Farneti, Mattia Glauber, Marco Solinas

Early single institution experience with minimally invasive sutureless aortic valve replacement was reported. Among 300 patients, surgeon-specific and institution-specific learning curves were evaluated for technical success and 30-day complications. A cluster of complications occurred early in the experience and then standardized. No significant learning curve was identified for technical success, although 3 of 6 surgeons exhibited a brief initial learning curve for this metric.