title: [A catheter-guided insertion of Pacifico's venous cannula].
abstract: Direct caval cannulation using a Pecifico's cannula has become popular in open heart surgery. However, the cannulation is often difficult especially in pediatric cases because of the right-angled, blunt and large metal tip of the catheter. To resolve this problem, we introduced a catheter-guided insertion of the cannula using an intratracheal suction catheter (IZUMO Health, Nagano, Japan) of an appropriate size as a guiding catheter. With this technique, no special skills are necessary to establish direct caval cannulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tatewaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans