Elisa Mikus, Mariafrancesca Fiorentino, Diego Sangiorgi, Simone Calvi, Elena Tenti, Andrea Cavallucci, Elena Tremoli, Alberto Tripodi, Maurizio Pin, Carlo Savini
BACKGROUND: Nowadays, one of the main goals of aortic valve surgery is to reduce the biological impact, mortality, and complications. It is well-known that long operative times in terms of the extracorporeal circulation, but above all, of the aortic cross-clamp time (ACC), represent a risk factor for mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. In order to shorten the aortic cross-clamp time, many technological improvements, such as sutureless prostheses, have been introduced, but their actual effectiveness has not been proven yet...
November 7, 2023: Biomedicines