Vacuum-assisted venous drainage is a technique comparable to gravitational drainage with regard to hemolysis and organ perfusion. It allows better perfusion flow and heart decompression with smaller venous cannulas. This study suggests reduced platelet consumption with VAVD.
Mold-like left atrial calcification is a rare aspect of rheumatic mitral valvular disease. Its interest lies in the difficulty of surgical technique during interventions for valvular substitution. This is a case report in which the total excision of the calcified mold by a wide endoatriectomy was necessary in order to substitute the stenotic mitral valve.
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