Pulmonary vein venting during minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: is it really minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation?

Ignazio Condello¹, Giusepe Santarpino^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Bari, Italy.
² Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Lecce, Italy.
³ Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany.
⁴ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.

Comment

Ignazio Condello et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020.

. 2020 Sep 1;58(3):661.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa147.

Ignazio Condello¹, Giusepe Santarpino^{2

3

4}

¹ Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Bari, Italy.
² Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Lecce, Italy.
³ Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany.
⁴ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic valve replacement; Minimally invasive cardiac surgery; Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation.

Comment in

Reply to Condello and Santarpino.
Berretta P, Di Eusanio M. Berretta P, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Sep 1;58(3):661-662. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa148. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020. PMID: 32355953 No abstract available.

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