Lead Sponsor

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Collaborators

Age

18 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•Indication for elective minimally invasive (open) aortic or mitral valve surgery
•Patient's ability to understand the nature and extent of the individual's requirements for participation in the new care setting
•Classification of the patient as "FIT" or "Pre-FRAIL" using the LUCAS functional index (frailty index) (Dapp et al. 2012)

•Limited life expectancy less than one year (e.g., advanced tumor disease)
•Urgent or emergency interventions
•Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (GOLD III or IV)
•Dialysis-dependant renal failure
•Advanced liver cirrhosis (Child stages B + C)
•Severe comorbidities or psychosocial reasons that militate against participation or do not allow for written informed consent (e. g., residual neurological impairment after prior stroke, major restrictions of mobility, neuropsychological disorders, depressive disorder, substance-related addictive disorders)
•Lack of a social environment that can provide supportive patient care
•Previous cardiac surgery (i.e., relative contraindication for minimally invasive technique)