From the dawn of open-heart surgery in the early 1950s, a sequence of significant scientific
achievements rendered cardiac surgery as a routine practice in the treatment of heart …

SUBSANTIAL EFFORTS from various clinicians to convert closed-to-open cardiac surgery
gave birth to the first heartlung machine by John H. Gibbon in 1953. This breakthrough …

Since the beginning of extracorporeal circulation (ECC) in cardiac surgery, a multitude of
changes and improvements were aimed to reduce the adverse systemic effects caused by …

Abstract Development of minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) served the purpose of
performing surgery while avoiding the surgical stress triggered by a full median sternotomy …

Minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) systems have initiated important efforts
within science and technology to further improve the biocompatibility of cardiopulmonary …

The landmark 2016 Minimal Invasive Extracorporeal Technologies International Society
(MiECTiS) position paper promoted the creation of a common language between cardiac …

OBJECTIVE Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains the gold standard for complex
revascularisation in multivessel disease. The concept of the minimally invasive …

Background Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MECC) is predominantly used in
coronary operations. Data supporting the benefits of MECC in minimally invasive valve …

Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) has been developed in an attempt to
integrate all advances in cardiopulmonary bypass technology in one closed circuit that …

AIMS OF THE STUDY: Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) is an
established alternative to conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC) in coronary artery …