title: Funnel graft to innominate vein to control epicardial bleeding.
abstract: A simple technique to control severe epicardial bleeding is described. This technique constructs a "funnel graft" to deliver shed blood into the venous system. This technique was lifesaving during pericardiectomy in a critically ill patient with acute presentation of constrictive pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06437, USA.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Elefteriades
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene