A simple distal coronary perfusion technique in off-pump coronary artery bypass. |
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| Authors: | Toshiya Ohtsuka Noboru Motomura Yoshihiro Suematsu Shinichi Takamoto |
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| Institution: | Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. toshimd@attglobal.net |
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| Abstract: | This communication describes the surgical technique and clinical outcomes of a simple coronary perfusion technique for use during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. An intra-coronary shunt tube connected to the graft conduit (saphenous vein or radial artery) with an arterial blood source (ascending aorta or right internal thoracic artery) was inserted distally via a coronary arteriotomy for temporary perfusion of six left anterior descending arteries and two right coronary arteries. |
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