Vacuum-assisted venous drainage in extrathoracic cardiopulmonary bypass management during minimally invasive cardiac surgery.

The diffusion of minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) during open-heart surgery has increased the use of assisted venous drainage support for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Peripheral cannulation with small cannulae and vacuum-assisted venous drainage (VAVD) during MICS has been adopted in our i...

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Published in:	Perfusion Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 361 - 366
Main Authors:	Colangelo N, Torracca L, Lapenna E, Moriggia S, Crescenzi G, Alfieri O
Format:	pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Sage Publications, Ltd. Nov2006
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