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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1071-1072
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Filip P. Casselman, MD, PhD, Ihsan Bakir, MD, Francis Wellens, MD, Ivan Degrieck, MD, Frank Van Praet, MD, Hugo Vanermen, MD

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, OLV Clinic, Moorselbaan 164, Aalst, 9300 Belgium

(Email: filip.casselman@olvz-aalst.be).

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To the Editor:

We thank Nagy and Peterffy [1] for their interesting letter related to our previously published article on minimally invasive aortic valve replacement [2].

We agree that removing the air from the heart and potentially defibrillating the heart are important steps during the operation. Care should be taken to execute these steps very cautiously so as not to compromise the operative result.

The measures we take with regard to removal of the air are the following: The operative field is flooded with . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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