Minimally invasive procedures - direct and video-assisted forms in the treatment of heart diseases.

Background: Minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures have been progressively used in heart surgery.

Objective: To describe the techniques and immediate results of minimally invasive procedures in 5 years.

Methods: Prospective and descriptive study in which 102 patients were submitted to minimally invasive procedures in direct and video-assisted forms.

Surgical treatment of partial atrioventricular septal defect: functional analysis of the mitral valve in the postoperative period.

Objective: To study mitral valve function in the postoperative period after correction of the partial form of atrioventricular septal defect.

Methods: Fifty patients underwent surgical correction of the partial form of atrioventricular septal defect. Their mean age was 11.