Abstract:

The port-access technique for cardiac surgery was recently developed at Stanford University in California as a less invasive method to perform some cardiac operations. The port-access system has been described in detail elsewhere. It is based on femoral arterial and venous access for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and on the adoption of a specially designed triple-lumen catheter described originally by Peters, and subsequently modified and developed in the definitive configuration called the endoaortic clamp.

Authors:

Mario Vigano, M.D., Gaetano Minzioni, M.D., Patrizio Spreafico, M.D., Mauro Rinaldi, M.D., Stefano Pasquino, M.D., Piero Ceriana, M.D., Alessandro Locatelli, M.D., I.R.C.C.S

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