Journal article
Techniques of Exposure and Stabilization in Off‐Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Journal of cardiac surgery, Vol.14(5), pp.392-400
09/1999
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1999.tb01017.x
PMID: 10875598
Abstract
Recent advances in techniques of coronary artery exposure and myocardial stabilization in off‐pump myocardial revascularization have provided cardiac surgeons with a wide variety of new devices and techniques. Until recently, the main obstacle to performing complete myocardial revascularization without using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been the technical difficulties of exposing and stabilizing coronary targets, especially those located on the lateral and inferior wall of the heart. The extraordinary cardiac tolerance to nonconstrictive anterior elevation and lateral displacement, however, has allowed the development of new strategies of coronary exposure. These advances, in combination with the development of new techniques of mechanical myocardial stabilization, have impacted on the feasibility and safety with which coronary anastomoses on the beating heart can be constructed. The aim of this article is to describe the technical aspects involved in off‐pump coronary revascularization, focusing primarily on the most recent strategies of cardiac elevation and coronary exposure, the various techniques of myocardial stabilization, and some of the technical details of constructing distal anastomoses on the beating heart.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Techniques of Exposure and Stabilization in Off‐Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
- Creators
- Paulo SoltoskiJacob BergslandTomas A SalernoHratch L KaramanoukianGiuseppe D'AnconaMarco RicciAnthony L Panos
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of cardiac surgery, Vol.14(5), pp.392-400
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1999.tb01017.x
- PMID
- 10875598
- ISSN
- 0886-0440
- eISSN
- 1540-8191
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1999
- Academic Unit
- Surgery; Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984051876702771
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