Aortic Valve Replacement For Acute Endocarditis Via A Right Anterior Small Thoracotomy (Rast)

During the last few years, several minimally invasive operating techniques have been described to perform aortic valve replacements. We report a case of an acute aortic valve bacterial endocarditis, which was successfully dealt with a valve-replacement via a right anterior minithoracotomy through the third intercostal space.