title: Minimally invasive video-assisted cardiac surgery: operative techniques, application fields and clinical outcomes.
abstract: Minimally invasive video-assisted surgery through a right minithoracotomy has become the standard surgical approach for several cardiac diseases at many major centers worldwide. In this article we review the existing literature on the subject and describe different operative techniques, application fields and clinical outcomes.
authors: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Rianimatorie, Riabilitative e dei Trapianti D'Organo, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia University School of Medicine, Italy. nvistar@tin.it
authors: Nicola
authors: N
authors: Vistarini
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Aiello
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Viganò
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods*