Background Aortic valve disease is a common condition easily treatable with cardiac
surgery. This is conventionally performed by opening the sternum ('median sternotomy') and …

Transcatheter technologies triggered the recent revision of the guidelines that progressively
widened the indications for the treatment of aortic stenosis. On the surgical realm, a …

Objective: To determine whether glutamine (GLN)-supplemented parenteral nutrition (PN)
improves clinical outcomes in surgical intensive care unit (SICU) patients. Summary …

OBJECTIVES Right anterior minithoracotomy with central arterial cannulation is our
preferred technique of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (AVR). We compared …

OBJECTIVES Surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) can be performed via a full
sternotomy or a minimal access approach (mini-AVR). Despite long-term experience with …

Objectives The Cox maze IV procedure has the best results for the surgical treatment of atrial
fibrillation. It has been traditionally performed through sternotomy with excellent outcomes …

Objective Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (AVR) has been associated with
several better outcomes over the standard full sternotomy approach. We revised our 10-year …

The purpose of this study is to report our experience with del Nido cardioplegia (DNC) in the
setting of minimally invasive aortic valve surgery. Forty-six consecutive patients underwent …

Background Surgical aortic valve replacement can be performed through a minimally
invasive (MI) or full sternotomy (FS) approach. The present study compared outcomes of MI …

Background This study reports the single center experience on minimally invasive aortic
valve replacement (MIAVR), performed through a right anterior minithoracotomy or …