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Open Journal of Cardiology & Heart Diseases

Evolution in Adult Cardiac Surgery: Quo Vadis?

  • Open or Close Marzia Cottini*

    Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, Niguarda Hospital, Italy

    *Corresponding author: Marzia Cottini, Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, Niguarda Hospital, 20162 Milan, Italy

Submission: August 03, 2017; Published: April 27, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/OJCHD.2018.02.000526

ISSN: 2578-0204
Volume2 Issue1

Abstract

From the cardiopulmonary bypass and first heart transplantation to transcatheter valve implantation and minimally invasive cardiac surgery, there were spent many decades. The cardiac surgery had modelled and evolved according to surgeons’ experience and clinical needs. Nowadays, the minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery have won the first place in our operation rooms with the more and more emergent transcatheter valve procedure.

Keywords: Cardiac surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Heart transplantation; Cardiac perspectives; Transcatheter valve

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