Safe technique for aortic anastomosis in orthotopic canine cardiac transplantation.
In canine orthotopic transplantation, bleeding from the aortic suture line is often encountered, leading to the failure of the experiment. A new method for canine aortic anastomosis is described that is safe, simple to perform, and reproducible.
D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods*