title: The axillary artery as an alternative site of cannulation for redo port access-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: early report of 2 cases.
abstract: The minimally invasive Heartport (HP)-assisted technique has become first choice option for mitral valve surgery in many centres.The pool of patients potentially treated using HP techniques, however, is still limited by the presence of peripheral vessel disease, expecially in the elderly population. Alternative approaches to using the HP technique safely in such a subset of patients, therefore, should be evaluated. Here, we present our preliminary experience using the axillary artery as an alternative site of cannulation for HP-assisted redo mitral valve surgery in patients with concomitant peripheral vessel disease.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery, Foundation IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia, Italy. ptotaro@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Totaro
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zattera
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alloni
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cattadori
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Degani
authors.forename: Antonino Massimiliano
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Grande
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monterosso
authors.forename: Andrea Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: D'Armini
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vigano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*