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Surgical Treatment of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy *by Francesca Nicolo', Antonio Lio, Marina Comisso, Romina Pantanella, Roberto Scrofani and Francesco Musumeci*

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Transcatheter Cardiac Surgery *by Antonio Giovanni Cammardella, Federico Ranocchi, Antonio Lio, Amedeo Pergolini, Francesco Nicolò, Marina Comisso, Vitaliano Buffa and Francesco Musumeci*

Preface

This edited volume is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, concerning developments within the cardiac surgery procedures field of study. The book includes scholarly contributions by various authors and has been edited by experts in the field. Each contribution comes as a separate chapter complete in

The book includes chapters dealing with minimally invasive ventricular assist device surgery; cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass; tips and pitfalls in robotic mitral valve surgery; aortic root reconstruction; minimally invasive right anterior mini-thoracotomy aortic valve replacement; minimally invasive approach in surgery for congenital heart disease; revascularization strategies in off-pump coronary artery bypass; surgical treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomy-

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itself but directly related to the book's topics and objectives.

The target audience comprises scholars and specialists in the field.

opathy; and transcatheter cardiac surgery.
