Abstract Introduction Vacuum-assisted venous drainage (VAVD) has been proposed as a better alternative option than conventional gravitational venous drainage (GVD) in cardiac surgery. However, the literature reports conflicting results between..
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Abstract Introduction Vacuum assisted venous drainage (VAVD) is widely adopted in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. VAVD enables the advantage of using smaller cannulae in a reduced surgical field while allowing..
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Abstract Vacuum-assisted venous drainage (VAVD) was proposed to optimize venous drainage during bypass through femoral venous cannulation. It is currently used in both adult and pediatric surgery when siphon gravity..
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