title: Heartport endoclamp for complex cardiac repairs with total circulatory arrest.
abstract: A method of performing redo cardiac operations using port-access technology and total circulatory arrest is described. The technique was useful in 2 cases requiring re-intervention within 4 months of the primary procedure. The indications were repair of an infected ventricular aneurysm and recurrence of a postinfarction ventricular septal defect. Dense mediastinal adhesions were avoided by approaching the site of pathology directly via a left anterior thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, Scotland G31 2ER, UK.
authors.forename: Serban C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Stoica
authors.forename: Stewart R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: Colin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Campanella
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D013525:Surgical Instruments