Accurate length adjustment of right or circumflex coronary artery bypass grafts.
A simple method is described for the accurate adjustment of the length of right and circumflex coronary grafts. The essential feature of the technique is the use of a marking suture initially positioned in the pericardium for future reference. The technique has been adopted and successfully used by us over the past year.
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation