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Heartport endoclamp for complex cardiac repairs with total circulatory arrest
Serban C Stoica1, Stewart R Craig, Colin J Sinclair
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, Scotland G31 2ER, UK.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|January 23, 2003
Abstract:
A method of performing redo cardiac operations using port-access technology and total circulatory arrest is described. The technique was useful in 2 cases requiring re-intervention within 4 months of the primary procedure. The indications were repair of an infected ventricular aneurysm and recurrence of a postinfarction ventricular septal defect. Dense mediastinal adhesions were avoided by approaching the site of pathology directly via a left anterior thoracotomy.