Comment to 'Video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: transitioning from sternotomy to mini-thoracotomy'.
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Giacomo
G
Bortolussi
Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Umberto
U
Cucchini
Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Massimo
M
Napodano
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Gino
G
Gerosa
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy tbottio@gmail.com.
Tomaso
T
Bottio
D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*
Cardioplegia; Complications; Coronary air embolism; Minimally invasive surgery; Mitral regurgitation; Surgery