Is minimally invasive aortic valve replacement using right minithoracotomy associated with better outcomes than ministernotomy?
Minimally invasive AVR using RT was associated with lower postoperative morbidities and a shorter hospital stay than MS.
In hyperdynamic porcine endotoxemia the plasma disappearance rate of ICG failed to accurately substitute for direct short-term measures of biliary ICG excretion. Hence normal values of plasma disappearance rate of ICG should be interpreted with caution in early, acute inflammatory conditions.