COMICS study launched; centre recruitment is ongoing CoMICs study, the large, multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing minimal invasive (MiECC) versus conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC) started recruiting patients. Up to 30 cardiac surgery centres in Europe, Canada, USA and Saudi Arabia declared their
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