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Conventional extracorporeal circulation versus minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation in cardiac surgery patients: a randomized controlled trial (COMICS)

This international, multicenter randomized controlled trial involved 1,039 adult patients. It compared outcomes in scheduled or urgent cardiac procedures—coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), aortic valve replacement (AVR), or a combination of both—using either conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC) or minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC).

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Generating More Evidence for DOACs in Cardiac Surgery

A bicentric, retrospective study based on registry data comparing the use of warfarin versus direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in the immediate postoperative period following cardiac surgery in patients with atrial fibrillation and a bioprosthetic valve implant.

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