title: Percutaneous cannulation of the femoral vessels for cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: In case of minimally invasive open heart surgery, access for intrathoracic cannulation is limited and therefore femoral vessel cannulation is necessary. Complications after surgical exposure of the femoral vessels are well known. The authors describe their technique for percutaneous femoral vessel cannulation, which allows a safe establishment of cardiopulmonary bypass, reduces the incidence of groin complications, and offers excellent cosmetic results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, München, Germany. mazzitelli@dhm.mhn.de
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mazzitelli
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guenzinger
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tassani-Prell
authors.forename: Ruediger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged