title: Port Access Cardiac Surgery.
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.affiliation: Consultant Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Viganó
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Minzioni
authors.forename: Patrizio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spreafico
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasquino
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ceriana
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Locatelli