Retrograde cardioplegia: detail for coronary sinus cannulation technique.
This communication stepwise describes transatrial cannulation of the coronary sinus, a technique that we found to be very simple, fast, reproducible, and free of complication.
Arom
K V
KV
Minneapolis Heart Institute, MN 55407.
Emery
R W
RW
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans