title: Perfusion strategies for totally endoscopic cardiac surgery.
abstract: For most of totally endoscopic cardiac procedures femoro-femoral perfusion techniques are necessary. Use of selective bicaval as well as single venous drainage is described. Furthermore, the use of different intraaortic balloons for aortic occlusion is explained and illustrated. Advantages and disadvantages of different systems, potential pitfalls and their solutions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, JW Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wimmer-Greinecker
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dzemali
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aybek
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mierdl
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moritz
authors.forename: Selami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dogan