Cardiac surgery has been evolving at an impressive speed since its birth. Surgical techniques have improved over time in order to provide less invasiveness for the patient, obtaining excellent clinical results and a general approval for their routine application: the “minimally invasive” concept was born. This new concept addressed all the efforts towards the reduction of surgical trauma, resulting in faster recovery with increased patient satisfaction and a reduction of hospital costs. Nevertheless, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) is challenging and requires a prolonged learning curve, not only for different surgical exposure, but also for its intrinsic complexity and the prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and aortic cross-clamp times. Myocardial protection is one of the key factors to achieving successful outcomes. Cardioplegia with a crystalloid based solution invented by Bretschneider in the 70s is currently the most used cardioplegia during minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Nevertheless, the optimal strategy for myocardial protection is still debated. The aim of this webinar is to discuss the efficacy of Bretschneider’s cardioplegia during minithoracotomy surgery. 

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