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Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
Published on: March 26, 2018
Minimal access aortic valve replacement using minimal extracorporeal circuit
Chanaka Rajakaruna1, Gerry Webb, Mark Bennett
1Southwest Cardiothoracic Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|June 22, 2012
Abstract:
A minimal extracorporeal circuit has been shown to decrease the transfusion rate, cardiac and neurological damage in coronary surgery. We describe in detail a technique for minimal-access aortic valve replacement using a minimal extra-corporeal circuit, and provide surgical and perfusion tips to maintain antegrade perfusion and a clear surgical field.

