Minimally invasive redo mitral valve surgery without aortic crossclamp.

Introduction: Reoperations of the mitral valve have a higher rate of complications when compared with the first surgery. With the field of video-assisted techniques for the first surgery of mitral valve became routine, reoperation cases began to arouse interest for this less invasive procedures.

Objective: To assess the results and the technical difficulties in 10 patients undergoing minimally invasive redo mitral valve surgery.