Alvise Guariento1,2, Ilias P. Doulamis3, David Blitzer4, Claudia Cattapan2, Massimo A. Padalino2, Vladimiro L. Vida2,*
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.15, No.3, pp. 127-139, 2020, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2020.012197
Abstract Background: In an effort to reduce postoperative trauma and achieve
more cosmetic results, minimally invasive approaches to correct congenital heart
anomalies have been recently proposed and increasingly adopted. Here we
describe our experience for the past 23 years. Methods: Patients who underwent
a surgical procedure between February 1996 and March 2019 with a minimally
invasive approach for the correction of congenital heart disease in our center
were included in this study. A statistical analysis was carried out to compare the
results of the different minimally invasive techniques. A meta-analysis was
conducted to compare our results in patients undergoing atrial septal… More >
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