Minimally invasive heart surgery

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  1. Kent H. Rehfeldt, M.D.

    Kent H. Rehfeldt, M.D.

    1. Anesthesiologist
    1. Rochester, MN
    Areas of focus:

    Robotic surgery, Echocardiogram, Minimally invasive heart surgery, Transcatheter aortic valve replacement

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Minimally invasive heart surgery care at Mayo Clinic

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Dec. 30, 2025
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  1. What is heart surgery? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heart-surgery. Accessed March 27, 2025.
  2. Aldea GS. Minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve surgery. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed March 27, 2025.
  3. Less invasive heart valve surgery options. American Heart Association. https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-valve-problems-and-disease/understanding-your-heart-valve-treatment-options/newer-heart-valve-surgery-options. Accessed June 9, 2023.
  4. Dalby M, et al. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Complications. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed March 27, 2025.
  5. Sellke FW, et al., eds. Minimally invasive, mini-thoracotomy aortic valve replacement. In: Atlas of Cardiac Surgical Techniques. 2nd ed. Elsevier; 2019. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed March 27, 2025.
  6. Nimmagadda R. Allscripts EPSi. Mayo Clinic. Feb 26, 2025.
  7. Abdelbar A, et al. Minimally invasive tricuspid valve surgery. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2021; doi:10.21037/jtd-20-1331.
  8. Masroor M, et al. Minimally invasive left internal mammary artery harvesting techniques during the learning curve are safe and achieve similar results as conventional LIMA harvesting techniques. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2022; doi:10.1186/s13019-022-01961-0.
  9. Kenawy A, et al. Minimally invasive resection of benign cardiac tumors. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2021; doi:10.21037/jtd-20-1201.
  10. What is TAVI (TAVR)? American Heart Association. https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-valve-problems-and-disease/understanding-your-heart-valve-treatment-options/what-is-tavr. Accessed March 27, 2025.
  11. Karangelis D, et al. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery: In the pursuit to treat more and hurt less. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2021; doi:10.21037/jtd-21-1498.
  12. Arghami A, et al. Robotic mitral valve repair: A decade of experience with echocardiographic follow-up. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022; doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.083.
  13. Medical review (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic. May 17, 2023.

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