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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Nov;90(5):1471–1478. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.034

Table 3:

Incision and cannulation configurations for MI patients.

MI (n=382)

Incision location
 Mini-thoracotomy 379 (99.2%)
 Hemisterotomy 3 (0.79%)
Aortic cannulation
 Central 342 (89.5%)
 Femoral 37 (9.7%)
 Axillary 3 (0.79%)
Venous drainage
 pSVC, pIVC 212 (55.5%)
 dSVC, pIVC 127 (33.2%)
 dSVC, dIVC 30 (7.9%)
 pSVC, dIVC 8 (2.1%)
 dRA 5 (1.3%)

d = direct, IVC = inferior vena cava, MI = minimally invasive, p = percutaneous, RA = right atrium, SVC = superior vena cava