Minimally Invasive Approach for Complex Cardiac Surgery Procedures Pasquale Totaro, MD, Simone Carlini, MD, Matteo Pozzi, MD, Francesco Pagani, MD, Giuseppe Zattera, MD, Andrea Maria D'Armini, MD, Mario Vigano, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 2, Pages 462-467 (August 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.060 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Number of procedures involving aortic valve and (or) thoracic aorta performed at IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia, Italy using upper ministernotomy (UMS; black column) compared with conventional full sternotomy (FS; grey column). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 462-467DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.060) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cumulative mortality (black column) compared with the percentage of redo (dark grey area) and complex (light gray area) procedures during the study period. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 462-467DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.060) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions