Percutaneous Cannulation for Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery: Results from a Multicenter Registry.

Objective: To avoid potential groin incision associated complications and further streamline surgery percutaneous femoral cannulation using different vascular closure devices (VCDs) has emerged to establish cardiopulmonary bypass during minimally invasive heart valve surgery (HVS).

Design: The Percutaneous peRipheral cannulatiOn for Minimally InvaSive heart valve surgEry (PROMISE) multicentre registry included patients, receiving percutaneous vascular access site (VAS) closure during minimally invasive HVS. Retrospective analyses were performed to evaluate major and minor VAS-related complications of plug- (group 1) vs suture-based (group 2) systems according to modified Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) 3 criteria (ie, retrograde dissection, vascular injury, conversion to surgical cut-down, or vascular intervention).

Short-Term Clinical Results of Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB) Procedure.

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) is an alternative for revascularisation of the isolated left anterior descending (LAD) artery or as a multi-vessel (MV) procedure for the diagonal branch (RD) or the left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) region. From 2021 to 2022, 91 patients underwent MIDCAB or multi-vessel MIDCAB procedures in our heart center. The left internal mammary artery (LIMA) was anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery via the left minithoracotomy approach in all patients.

The Frozen Elephant Technique Using a Novel Hybrid Prosthesis for Extensive Aortic Arch Disease: A Multicentre Study.

Introduction: The frozen elephant trunk technique (FET) has become routine for aortic arch and descending aortic repair. New hybrid prosthesis models are constantly being developed to increase effectiveness and durability of aortic repair. Recently, concerns were raised regarding increased post-operative bleeding using a new-generation hybrid prosthesis (E-vita OPEN NEO, CryoLife Inc.