title: New graft holder for coronary artery bypass using arterial conduits.
abstract: An arterial graft holder was designed to facilitate coronary artery bypass surgery. It can be used to open the heel of arterial conduits and it immobilizes the graft with a spring clamp. The tip of the holder is made from flexible, silicon-coated vinyl chloride tubing, so that it can be inserted into the arterial lumen without causing endothelial injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans