title: Editorial comment: Access to the heart by a trans-umbilical incision.
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marty
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D034421:Sus scrofa; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000601:surgery; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods