Conventional versus minimally invasive extra-corporeal circulation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial (COMICS).

Perfusion · 2025 · PMC11951381 · PMID 38832503

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This finding was of borderline significance due to stopping recruitment early but is consistent with the results of large-scale, published meta-analyses. 9 , 17 MiECC improved a visual analogue quality-of-life measure.

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