Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement - A Propensity Matched Comparison of Upper-Hemisternotomy vs. Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement - A Propensity Matched Comparison of Upper-Hemisternotomy vs. Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy - MI AVR - UHS vs RAMT

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033940

Enrollment

1051

Registered

2024-03-22

Start date

2021-12-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

R99 I63.9

Interventions

Group 1: Patients operated on through a Upper-Hemisternotomy, n=557 Group 2: Patients operated on through a Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy , n=83

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: all patients between 2007 and 2021 operated at the University Hospital Würzburg, Department for cardiac surgery, that underwent aortic valve replacement through a minimally-invasive approach

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Emergency, Critical preoperative state

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Death, Stroke, paravalvular leackage	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
postoperative AKI (Acute kidney injury postop.) number of packed RBC (perioperatively) postoperative PPM-Implantation (permanent pacemaker) Postoperative Atrial Fibrilation Revision/re-do for hematoma or bleeding Groin bleeding w/ need for revision Wound infection	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactKiril Penov

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

penov_k@ukw.de+4993120133040

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026