TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous cannulation of the femoral vessels for cardiopulmonary bypass
AU - Mazzitelli, Domenico
AU - Guenzinger, Ralf
AU - Schreiber, Christian
AU - Tassani-Prell, Peter
AU - Lange, Ruediger
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - In case of minimally invasive open heart surgery, access for intrathoracic cannulation is limited and therefore femoral vessel cannulation is necessary. Complications after surgical exposure of the femoral vessels are well known. The authors describe their technique for percutaneous femoral vessel cannulation, which allows a safe establishment of cardiopulmonary bypass, reduces the incidence of groin complications, and offers excellent cosmetic results.
AB - In case of minimally invasive open heart surgery, access for intrathoracic cannulation is limited and therefore femoral vessel cannulation is necessary. Complications after surgical exposure of the femoral vessels are well known. The authors describe their technique for percutaneous femoral vessel cannulation, which allows a safe establishment of cardiopulmonary bypass, reduces the incidence of groin complications, and offers excellent cosmetic results.
KW - Cardiopulmonary bypass
KW - Femoral vessel
KW - Minimally invasive
KW - Percutaneous cannulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51349129738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00059-008-3043-2
DO - 10.1007/s00059-008-3043-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 18773158
AN - SCOPUS:51349129738
SN - 0340-9937
VL - 33
SP - 374
EP - 376
JO - Herz
JF - Herz
IS - 5
ER -