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This video discusses the TransMedics Organ Care System, which allows normothermic beating donor heart preservation during transport.
May 24, 2008
Operative Steps
Incision
A midline sternotomy is generally employed
A minimal approach using a lower ½ sternotomy may also be employed.
Cardiopulmonary bypass
May 24, 2008
Patients are selected for bilateral closed chest pulmonary vein (PV) isolation, left atrial appendage excision, directed partial cardiac denervation, and PV electrocardiograms (MiniMAZE-Wolf technique), based on the following criteria...
May 24, 2008
Operative Steps
Modified Subcoronary Implantation
May 24, 2008
This piece describes a method of performing minimally invasive aortic valve surgery.
May 24, 2008
This piece describes a method of performing minimally invasive mitral valve repair surgery through a lower mini-sternotomy.
May 24, 2008
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