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Use of Minimal Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation in Cardiac Surgery: Principles, Definitions and Potential Benefits - A position paper from the Minimal invasive Extra-Corporeal Technologies international Society (MiECTiS)

Monday, May 23, 2016

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CTSNet Staff

Source

Source Name: ICVTS

Source URL: http://icvts.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/5/647.abstract

Author(s)

Kyriakos Anastasiadis, John Murkin, Polychronis Antonitsis, Adrian Bauer, Marco Ranucci, Erich Gygax, Jan Schaarschmidt, Yves Fromes, Alois Philipp, Balthasar Eberle, Prakash Punjabi, Helena Argiriadou, Alexander Kadner, Hansjoerg Jenni, Guenter Albrecht, Wim van Boven, Andreas Liebold, Fillip de Somer, Harald Hausmann, Apostolos Deliopoulos, Aschraf El-Essawi, Valerio Mazzei, Fausto Biancari, Adam Fernandez, Patrick Weerwind, Thomas Puehler, Cyril Serrick, Frans Waanders, Serdar Gunaydin, Sunil Ohri, Jan Gummert, Gianni Angelini, Volkmar Falk and Thierry Carrel

Μinimal invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) systems have initiated important efforts within science and technology to further improve the biocompatibility of cardiopulmonary bypass components aiming to minimize the adverse effects and improve end-organ protection. The Minimal invasive Extra-Corporeal Technologies international Society (MiECTiS) was founded to create an international forum for the exchange of ideas on clinical application and research of Minimal invasive Extra-Corporeal Circulation technology. The present work is a consensus document developed to standardize the terminology and the definition of minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation technology as well as to provide recommendations and promote the use of MiECC systems into clinical practice as a multidisciplinary strategy involving cardiac surgeons, anaesthesiologists and perfusionists.