Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Is an Independent or Dependent Variable for the Patient Outcome?

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¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, GVM Care & Research, Perfusion Service, Anthea Hospital, Via Camillo Rosalba 35/37, 70124 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: ignicondello@hotmail.it.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Bari, Italy; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany; Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Bari, Italy.

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Ignazio Condello et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Sep.

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doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.10.077. Epub 2021 Jan 23.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, GVM Care & Research, Perfusion Service, Anthea Hospital, Via Camillo Rosalba 35/37, 70124 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: ignicondello@hotmail.it.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Bari, Italy; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany; Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Bari, Italy.

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