Right Thoracotomy Mitral Valve Replacement Under Profound Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest with Intermittent Low Flow Perfusion (EP Video)

Awareness of demographic and peri-surgical factors that are predictors of complications is useful in guiding clinical decisions to reduce morbidity and mortality. Identification of co-morbidities as the most useful predictors of post-surgical complications suggests that patient characteristics may be a larger contributor to the incidence of complications than surgical practices.