Remote access perfusion for minimally invasive cardiac surgery: to clamp or to inflate?
Author(s) -
Christoph Krapf,
P. Wohlrab,
S. Haussinger,
Thomas Schachner,
Herbert Hangler,
Michael Grimm,
Ludwig Müller,
Johannes Bonatti,
Nikolaos Bonaros
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezt070
Subject(s) - clamp , perfusion , medicine , minimally invasive cardiac surgery , cardiology , surgery , cardiac surgery , computer science , computer graphics (images) , clamping
Endoaortic balloon occlusion (EBO) and aortic transthoracic clamping (TTC) are the dominant methods of remote access perfusion (RAP) in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. The aim of the study was to compare the two methods in terms of feasibility, success and complications.
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