Video-thoracoscopy closure of coronary artery fistula: case report.

The coronary artery fistulas (FAC) are rare and often found occasionally. The conventional treatment can be made by surgical closure with median thoracotomy or with embolization by catheterization. We describe an innovative technique to ligature of FAC, on a full endoscopy.

Standardization of video-assisted cardiac surgery technique: initial experience.

Introduction: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery has been performed in major worldwide centers, including procedure such as valves, coronary and congenital surgery.

Objective: To demonstrate our first works with noninvasive cardiac surgery by mean of the experience gained with general and thoracic surgery.

Methods: Whenever possible to carry out a minimally invasive cardiac surgery, this was the approach of choice.